JMU: Destroyer “Maya” Holds Delivery Ceremony: Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Equipment
Japan Marine United:
A delivery ceremony for the DDG “Maya” for the Ministry of Defense was held today at the Yokohama Works Isogo Plant.
Destroyer (DDG) “Maya”:
This is the first escort ship “Maya” type with a standard displacement of 8,200 tons.
Improved the performance of the destroyer Atago, and equipped with a ballistic missile defense (BMD) function.
While improving fuel economy,
Reduce life cycle costs,
Hybrid propulsion (COGLAG) that combines electric propulsion and mechanical propulsion is adopted.
Press Release | Japan Marine United
https://www.jmuc.co.jp/press/2020/27ddg-delivery.html
Japan commissions first Maya-class guided-missile destroyer
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
commissioned the first of two Maya (Improved Atago)-class, Aegis-equipped destroyers in a ceremony held on 19 March in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Named JS Maya (pennant number 179),
the 170 m-long warship
was inducted into the service’s Escort Division 1 of Escort Flotilla 1 at the Yokosuka naval base shortly after being handed over by shipbuilding company Japan Marine United (JMU) Corporation,
a JMSDF spokesperson told Jane’s.
The destroyer
is equipped with the Aegis Baseline J7 supported by
the Lockheed Martin/Raytheon AN/SPY-1D(V) phased array radar and
the Northrop Grumman AN/SPQ-9B X-band (NATO I-band) (8-12.5 GHz) high-resolution fire-control radar.
The ship
is equipped with the US-developed Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system,
which enables the destroyer to act as part of a wider ‘grid’ of sensors and weapon platforms that allow other CEC-equipped ships and military aircraft –
such as Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft –
to share surveillance and targeting information. With this capability,
the ship will be able to better counter threats such as those posed by North Korean ballistic missiles.
https://www.janes.com/article/94978/japan-commissions-first-maya-class-guided-missile-destroyer