Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) confirmed on January 20, 2026, that it has taken delivery of a newly developed small unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) designed for underwater defense missions. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Defense’s JMSDF public affairs office, which stated that the domestically developed UUV has now been formally inducted into […]

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have received a Latvian-made FOG unmanned surface vessel after the system was purchased and sent to Ukraine by the Latvian charity foundation Ziedot.lv. According to reporting by Militarnyi, the foundation funded the acquisition through donations from Latvian citizens and private companies. As noted by Ziedot.lv, the FOG platform was fully designed and […]

On December 19, 2025, Japanese Defense Ministry Parliamentary Vice-Minister Yohei Wakabayashi visited the Ship Equipment Research Institute of the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency to inspect testing and evaluation facilities, including a large-scale water tank and a flow noise simulator. According to a statement released by Japan’s Ministry of Defense, Wakabayashi toured multiple experimental facilities […]