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Japan’s Acquisition Technology & Logistics within the next 10 years.” Various research cruise missile. “The ‘island defence anti-
Agency (ATLA) is looking to accelerate the and tests, including combustion flight tests, ship missile’ is in its R&D stage. We have
government’s efforts to expand defence-re- are being carried out aimed at develop- proposed the concept to the (Japan’s)
lated exports. ATLA is participating in the ing scramjet engine technologies for the Ministry of Defence, and there is a good
ongoing LIMA and showcasing Japan’s system,” Daiki said. response to it. We will start the next stage
range of high-tech defence equipment. of production once we get the go-ahead
“We have to capture the opportunities One of the planned military applications from the government,” Satoshi Hamada,
arising out of the global developments, of this technology is the development of a manager, defence systems section, at
and promote overseas transfer of defence hypersonic cruise missile, and high-speed Kawasaki Heavy Industries informed Daily
equipment and technology,” Kasugahara glide bombs for island defence. “We also News at DSEI Japan.
Daiki, assistant commissioner of ATLA told want to develop high-speed glide bombs,
Daily News on the sidelines of DSEI Japan, with long ranges and make them capable The missile is in the making for the past
held earlier this year. of traveling at supersonic speeds and high five years and features large wings, four
altitudes from various points in the country tail fins and has the engine intake below
ATLA is showcasing equipment in line to deal with threats,” he said. the airframe. “The state-of-the-art design
with the seven necessary pillars of Japan’s and use of composite materials is meant
defence strategy: stand-off defence capa- Daiki also explained that by FY2027, to give the missile sophisticated stealth
bilities, integrated air and missile defence Japan will reinforce its capability to enable capabilities,” Hamada said. The subsonic
capabilities, unmanned defence capabili- operation of stand-off missiles includ- cruise missile will be powered by the KHI’s
ties, cross-domain capabilities, command ing surface-launched and ship-launched newly developed KJ300 twin spool turbofan
and control / intelligence-related functions, models. “We will develop upgraded Type- engine. The totally indigenous missile is
mobile deployment capabilities / civil pro- 12 surface- to-ship guided missiles with the expected to have a range of 1000 kilome-
tection, and sustainability and resiliency. assumption that they will be operated from tres, and aims for low radar cross section,
and high maneuverability, as well as high
Japan Upgrading various platforms, to strengthen stand-off survivability in order to avoid interception
defence capability. We want the system to
Military Technology have longer range, and utilise them not only by enemy air defence systems, she said.
“Under the stand-off defence capabilities, from ground, but also from air and sea,” “In the first stage, it is designed as a sur-
Japan’s effort to develop a hypersonic he added. face launched missile, but if the need
system is at its initial research stage,” Daiki arises we may have a ship launched
said, adding, “We envisage an early realisa- Kawasaki Heavy Industry (KHI) is now and air launched derivatives,” Hamada
tion of the system, and make it operational working on a long-range surface launched
explained. Japan has been reinforcing its
capability to enable operation of stand-off
missiles including surface-launched and
ship-launched models, and the government
has been encouraging local private compa-
nies to secure sufficient capability toward
increased production of domestic stand-off
missile.

To this end, by FY2027, Japan has decided
to reinforce the capabilities of warning and
control radar and surface-to-air missiles.
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