(See) Japans neue Großzerstörer (ASEV)

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Auftragsvergabe für das zweite ASEV:

Japan formally awards contract for second ASEV to JMUC

Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has formally awarded the contract to build the country's second Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) to Japan Marine United Corporation (JMUC).

A notice published by the MoD noted the date of the contract as 18 September in the year of Reiwa 6 in the Japanese calendar, which corresponds to 2024. The contract to build the first ASEV was awarded to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on 23 August, according to the MoD notice also published on 18 September.

Japan's requirements for ASEVs were first raised in 2020 after the country scrapped plans for a land-based ‘Aegis Ashore' ballistic missile defence (BMD) system. Subsequently in 2022 the MoD disclosed that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) would operate two Aegis-equipped vessels that would be deployed specifically for at-sea BMD operations.

https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/def...ev-to-jmuc

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