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Japan to rename air force in nod to growing space capabilities

MELBOURNE — Japan’s government has confirmed it will rename its air force to reflect a broadened mission set to include outer ...
Forbes

The Japanese Air Force Is Arming Its F-15 Fighters With Cruise Missiles—Turning Them Into Fighter-Bombers

The Japanese air force is transforming up to half of its 201 Boeing F-15J air-superiority fighters into deep-striking fighter-bombers. For the defensively-oriented Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the ...

Japan’s Improved Defense: A Better U.S. Relationship

Japan is in the middle of the most consequential shift in security policy since the creation of the Japan Self-Defense Forces ...
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Japan's new cardboard drone swarm is built to overwhelm any air defense system

Japan's Air Kamoy 150 takes the exact tactics Ukraine proved over Kursk and scales them into a doctrine built for contested ...
autoevolution

Tokyo Air Taxi Project Brings Together Japanese and American eVTOLs

The Japanese SkyDrive and the Toyota-backed Joby Aviation will work together in a new UAM (Urban Air Mobility) project funded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, aimed at selecting vertiport ...
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This Japanese Air Taxi Was Named “The Most Accessible Flying Car”

Asian-designed eVTOLs (electric vertical take-off and landing) are taking center stage today. After the Hyundai-designed Supernal air taxi received recognition for its cabin concept, a Japanese ...