Japan’s current Aegis destroyer fleet consists of the four Kongo-class ships, two Atago-class vessels, and two Maya-class destroyers. All of those ships use the Lockheed Martin SPY-1 radar.

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Japanese government plans to upgrade its eight Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyers over coming years with Tomahawk cruise missiles purchased from the U.S ...

Japan is considering downsizing two destroyers to be built with the Aegis ballistic missile interceptor system from their original design in a bid to increase their mobility, government sources said ...

Japan has eight Aegis destroyers equipped for air- and missile-defense and plans to build two more dedicated missile defense ships centered around Lockheed-Martin SPY-7(V)1 radars. MELBOURNE, ...

It has been seen by Japan as critical to ensuring the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Aegis-class destroyer fleet is maintained in the short-to-medium term. Japan has altered its plans ...

Both the U.S. and Japan have developed and deployed missile defense networks to protect against emerging threats.

The eight existing Aegis destroyers will be supplemented by four more Aegis-equipped ships, including the two new Aegis-equipped vessels. Operational Concept of a 12-Aegis Destroyer Fleet. As noted ...

Japan's Aegis and SM-6 equipped ASEVs. Presently, the JMSDF operates a total of eight Aegis-equipped destroyers. These include four Kongo-class destroyers, commissioned in the 1990s and upgraded ...

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin announced today it delivered the first shipset of four SPY-7 (V)1 radar antennas — which will be equipped on Japan’s future Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) — to ...

The Defense Ministry plans to equip the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF)'s Aegis destroyer Chokai with a function to launch U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles, according to sources. The ministry ...

Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China's maritime expansion, ...