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LEONARDO HIGHLIGHTS

PARTNERSHIP WITH

JAPANESE INDUSTRY

FOR GLOBAL COMBAT

AIR PROGRAMME

Leonardo, which has been present technological revolution that will char- with Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric and
in Japan for over 40 years, is looking acterise our sector over the next fifty Italy’s Elettronica. The new approach
to extend its collaboration with the years. It will protect and strengthen transitions from the traditional combat
Japanese industry under the Global the technological and industrial sover- air model of individual airborne sensors
Combat Air Programme (GCAP). eignty of the partner countries, ensure to instead provide a fully integrated
Leonardo is exhibiting key technologies, prosperity, safeguard distinctive skills, sensing, fusion and self-protection
products and systems at the ongoing create employment and boost com- capability.
DSEI. The tri-nation GCAP, which is a petitiveness,” said Guglielmo Maviglia,
partnership between the Italy, Japan Director Global Combat Air Programme, The study and evaluation of the future
and the UK, is the focus of the compa- Leonardo. “It will be a great challenge, sixth-generation air combat system
ny’s attention at the show. GCAP will because the aircraft will form the heart is already underway in Leonardo’s
“Battle Lab”, where enabling technolo-
see Leonardo reinforcing its strategic of a multi-domain system of systems, gies are being developed and tested.
presence in Japan. The company has an with the core platforms and other Leonardo has created a cutting-edge
office in Tokyo and has built close part- assets interconnected as part of an inte- environment that combines physical
nerships and licensing agreements with grated whole. Elements of the system systems, synthetic and immersive real-
Japanese industrial partners such as will range from unmanned platforms to ity, to support its Battle Lab. The digital
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi advanced weapons, able to communi- simulator reproduces what a sixth gen-
Electric, Japan Radio Corporation and cate across the five domains: land, sea, eration fighter cockpit could look like,
Japan Steel Works. air, cyber and space”. where only the stick and throttle of an
aircraft are “physical” and everything
The Global Combat Air Programme Leonardo is driving the development else is virtual/using augmented reality.
is a mission to create a sixth genera- of sixth generation tactical sensing for This revolutionary interface will provide
tion combat aircraft that will be at the the GCAP programme called ISANKE & the pilot with an immersive experience.
heart of a future system of systems. ICS (Integrated Sensing and Non-Kinetic Leonardo is now looking to validate
Leonardo is playing a core role within Effects & Integrated Communications new operational concepts well before
the transformational collaboration. System). Leonardo in the UK and Italy is a demonstrator or flying prototype will
“GCAP is the standard bearer for the developing ISANKE & ICS in partnership become available.

SM-3 BLOCK IIA TO

BOOST JAPAN’S BMD

Aegis-equipped ships or Aegis ashore sites. Ocean. This is the first time a Japanese
In November last, a test launch of the Maya-class destroyer has fired a SM–3.
SM-3 was conducted from JS Maya and The second live fire exercise demonstrated
JS Haguro around Hawaii. “This (suc- a successful integrated air and missile
cessful test) had a great significance, as defence scenario using SM–3 Blk IB and
it increased the credibility of BMD, which a SM–2 Blk IIIB missiles fired from the JS
is an important part of Japan’s defence Haguro against a short range ballistic mis-
policy,” the Japan ministry of defence said. sile (SRBM) target and an anti-air warfare
engagement against a BQM-177. “The
The Standard Missile SM-3 Block IIA, an The first live fire event demonstrated a suc- success of this joint test marks a critical
advanced interceptor missile, will further cessful engagement of a SM–3 Block IIA milestone in demonstrating, for the first
enhance Japan’s ballistic missile defence fired from the JS Maya against a medium time, a live fire of an SM-3 Blk IIA from a
(BMD) capabilities. The SM-3 Block IIA range ballistic missile T4-E target. The Japanese ship,” said MDA Director Vice
interceptor operates as part of the Aegis JS Maya tracked and fired on the target Adm. Jon Hill. The SM-3 Blk IIA for BMD
BMD system and can be launched from successfully destroying it over the Pacific is jointly developed by the U.S and Japan.

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