Japan is planning a public offering for the rocket motors and propulsion components it is tasked to work on under a joint missile defense production program with the United States. Kazuya Yonekura, the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s director of guided weapons project management division, told Defense News that the contract for Japan’s task in the...
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US-Japan Hypersonic Missile Collaboration Seeks to Advance Regional Defense Capability
The U.S. Department of Defense said it has signed the Glide Phase Interceptor Cooperative Development Project Arrangement with the Japanese Ministry of Defense to provide defense capability against hypersonic missiles while at their glide flight. Under the agreement, Japan will spearhead the GPI project’s rocket motors and propulsion parts development for the interceptor. DOD said...