On March 24, the Japanese MoD established a new Self-Defense Forces Maritime Transport Group at the JMSDF Kure Base.

BMT and Japan Marine United have secured a contract to design and construct a new class of high speed landing craft for the Japan Self Defense Force. This project contract, from Japan's ...

A recent trial by the Marine Corps of an experimental landing ship ended with the vessel failing to offload equipment at a coastal training area near Tokyo and heading back to port.

Awarded by the ministry's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency, the contract announced Thursday by BMT is for three highly maneuverable landing craft ... supplies to Japan’s island ...

A day after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, New Orleans-based shipbuilder Andrew Higgins filed an idea with the US Patent Office for a landing craft that could transport US soldiers from ...

followed by a Japanese air-cushioned landing craft in the third wave. Two Marine AH-1Z Viper helicopters circled overhead, providing reconnaissance and firepower, said III Marine Expeditionary ...

Japan landed its Moon Sniper probe on the moon, becoming the fifth country to safely land a spacecraft on the lunar surface. However, a power problem with this craft's solar panel could limit its ...

Japanese startup ... its uncrewed craft landed at the wrong angle, it was still able to complete tests and send photos. The US company is now aiming for another moon landing of its Athena probe ...

Japanese firm ispace Inc., which is proceeding ... It is planning to equip a moon landing craft to be launched this winter with a machine to generate hydrogen and oxygen on the lunar surface.