World’s First Successful Test of Flying Cell Tower
Airborne cell towers can cover a greater geographic area than terrestrial ones and be moved to areas that need a signal. A huge fixed-winged...
From Train Station to Hospital – Medical Drone Delivery
Due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the necessity to respond to changes in the logistics industry has become real and the...
New Technological Dimension to Asian Rivalry
Electronic warfare represents the ability to use the electromagnetic spectrum waves to either disrupt, intercept, or sabotage enemy electronic systems in offensive operations or...
Deep Learning Applied for Crowd Density Monitoring
Video surveillance is a standard technique for obtaining information to detect the status of objects. For example, video surveillance employed on a road is...
Are Information Sharing Systems Fulfilling their Role During COVID-19?
Information is power. Close coordination and data sharing between all sectors are imperative when coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Information must be shared between...
World’s Winning Supercomputer Announced
Japan has taken the lead in the supercomputer race, having built a supercomputer that carries out 2.8 times more calculations per second than the...
Japan Deploying Advanced Patriot Missiles
Japan is enhancing its air defense. It will finalize the deployment of Patriot PAC-3 MSE air defense missile system to four military bases until...
Was Missile Technology Target of Cyberattack?
While ordinary cyberattacks, such as industrial espionage and information leakages, are classified as crimes, more serious acts can easily lead to a cyberwar between...
Vital Upgrading Friend or Foe Systems
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) technology is central to all military operations as it acts as a modern-day ‘challenge and response’ password system based...
Japan Has Decided: Domestic Manufacture of New Stealth Fighter
Japan wants to develop a stealth fighter domestically. Japan has rejected designs from Lockheed Martin, Boeing and BAE Systems, sources told international news agencies.
That...
Japan Replacing Much of Air Force Fighter Fleet
The Japanese Air Force has recently flown the last of the nation’s RF-4E/J Phantom II reconnaissance jets for the last time. Some of the...
For First Time, Defense Industry Affected by Coronavirus
A first indication that the coronavirus outbreak may begin to affect the highly integrated global defense industrial base. Two F-35-related facilities in Italy and...
Military Chips Under Export Control
Semiconductors are basic components in many modern weapons systems. A recent international move was apparently aimed at curbing the proliferation of military technology to...
Drone Network Operated on Special Mission in Japan
Drones can provide a rapid response to disasters, reaching spots that are not accessible to other means. Communications and connectivity in such incidents play...
Towards Olympic Games – Smart City Applications in Tokyo
In preparation for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games slated for this summer in Japan, demand for drones and security robots has grown. The...
New Player at Quantum Cryptography Field
Quantum cryptography is called the “ultimate code” as it is theoretically impossible to hack. Many countries have been rushing to put quantum cryptography into...
Join the Navy for Free Wifi
What would be the best way to recruit millennials to serve onboard naval ships? Probably by promising them high speed, free Wifi onboard.
Japan’s navy...
Japan’s Military R&D is Shifting Focus
Over the backdrop of the changing security environment and new threats, Japan’s Ministry of Defense is rethinking the country’s research-and-development priorities. Three new areas...
Cloud-Based Face Recognition Solution
A new development enables deep-learning powered facial recognition technology via a cloud-based service. It has been developed to recognize the whole face and certain...
Japan Launches Final Soryu Class Submarine
The Japanese Navy, or the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), has recently been preparing for their twelve and final Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine. The...
Defense MoU Signed by Israel and Japan
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Israel Ministry of Defense and the Japan Ministry of Defense will strengthen defense relations between Israel and Japan.
The...
Autonomous Passenger Drone Takes First Flight
Being used practically in everything from military operations to recreation, drones and UAVs have come a long way in the past ten years. As...
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A New Flight Simulation System Models the Chaos of Wildfires
Training helicopter pilots for wildfire missions is particularly difficult because the environment itself is constantly changing. Smoke, shifting winds, rising heat, and the interaction...
