Japan: Maritime Self-Defense Force escort ship’Izumo’: F35B departure and arrival test
Japan: Maritime Self-Defense Force
David Burger
Commandant of the Marine Corps (General of the Marine Corps):
By November this year
U.S. Marine Corps F35B stealth fighter,
Conducting departure and arrival tests on the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s escort ship “Izumo”
It was revealed on September 1.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS):
United States Naval Institute (USNI):
Commandant Berger said in an online dialogue hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the United States Naval Institute (USNI), a US think tank.
Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi:
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi only stated at a press conference on September 3 that “the specifics are being adjusted and I would like to refrain from giving details.”
US Navy Association News “USNI News”:
From the Government of Japan in 2019
The escort ships “Izumo” and “Kaga”
It is said that there was a consultation to consider the arrival and departure of the F35B of the US Marine Corps.
F35B departure and arrival training:
Late august
With the British aircraft carrier “Queen Elizabeth”
In the US Navy amphibious assault ship “America”
“Royal Air Force F35B and US Marine Corps F35B exchanged with each other for departure and arrival training” was carried out.
Budget request for 2022:
The 2022 budget request was approved by the Cabinet on August 31st.
Requested 6.7 billion yen for repairing Izumo-class escort vessels.
Of this amount, 1.2 billion yen was requested as technical support expenses from the US military.
Izumo-class escort ship
To realize F35B operation
The cooperation of the US military is indispensable.
JPALS (Joint Precision Approach and Landing System)
What is JPALS:
Use GPS satellite signals and inertial navigation system (INS).
An all-weather system that “automatically guides the F35B and Osprey to land safely and accurately.”
As this landing guidance device, “JPALS (Joint Precision Approach and Landing System)” jointly developed by the US Navy and Raytheon Company is planned.
Yahoo! News
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/takahashikosuke/20210903-00256399
Request for budget of 6.7 billion yen for repair of F35B-equipped escort vessels “Izumo” and “Kaga” as light aircraft carriers-Yahoo! News
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/takahashikosuke/20210831-00255826
Joint Precision Approach and Landing System Landing guidance with pinpoint accuracy
Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or JPALS,
is a software-based, high-integrity differential GPS navigation and precision approach landing system
that guides aircraft onto carriers and amphibious assault ships in all weather and surface conditions.
It uses an anti-jam encrypted datalink to communicate between the aircraft and an array of GPS sensors, antennas and shipboard equipment.
Raytheon Intelligence & Space
https://www.raytheonintelligenceandspace.com/capabilities/products/jpals