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Japan plans to join U.S. research into the advanced Aegis combat system for destroyers featuring powerful radar and computerized battle management operations, the defense agency said Sept. 1.
“We are aiming at (joint) research to improve the system’s missile-detecting and information-processing capabilities,†an agency spokesman said.
The agency has asked for 5.5 billion yen ($50 million) for the new project in the budget for the next fiscal year starting April 2005, he said.
It was part of an overall budget demand by Japan’s defense agency totaling 4.93 trillion yen for the fiscal year.
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper said joint research would focus on developing battle management and command systems as well as semiconductor parts to be used in radar for detecting missiles and planes.
The United States has developed and produced the Aegis system on its own. But the introduction of Japanese civilian-use technology is expected to improve it and enhance missile defense, the paper said.
Japan has four Aegis-equipped destroyers in its fleet. It bought the first one from the United States in 1993.
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_001832.shtml
“We are aiming at (joint) research to improve the system’s missile-detecting and information-processing capabilities,†an agency spokesman said.
The agency has asked for 5.5 billion yen ($50 million) for the new project in the budget for the next fiscal year starting April 2005, he said.
It was part of an overall budget demand by Japan’s defense agency totaling 4.93 trillion yen for the fiscal year.
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper said joint research would focus on developing battle management and command systems as well as semiconductor parts to be used in radar for detecting missiles and planes.
The United States has developed and produced the Aegis system on its own. But the introduction of Japanese civilian-use technology is expected to improve it and enhance missile defense, the paper said.
Japan has four Aegis-equipped destroyers in its fleet. It bought the first one from the United States in 1993.
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_001832.shtml