Italy, Japan and the UK's Global Combat Air Program developing a sixth-generation crewed combat aircraft will be headquartered in London, the nations say.
Japan has grounded its fleet of six MV-22s in response to the crash and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said that the U.S. military should take the same action.
An industry team has been awarded the next phase of a project to develop a concept of operations for advanced air mobility for the Japan Civil Aviation Burea..
SkyDrive of Japan has formed a production subsidiary to build its electric SD-05 eVTOL aircraft at a Suzuki Motor company manufacturing plant starting in 2024.
Japanese carrier Skymark Airlines is continuing to benefit from strong domestic demand, although this was not enough to fully offset the carrier’s rising costs.
Japan is doubling down on stand-off weapons and counter-strike capabilities as it describes the security landscape it faces as its “greatest trial since WWII.”
Italy will send four F-35s to Komatsu air base on the northern coast of Honshu, the Japanese mainland—the first Italian deployment to Japan since the 1920s.