The Japanese military remains noncommittal on which foreign-built unmanned aircraft it will add to its fleet, pending the outcome of an internal review on the country's aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements, Inside the Air Force has learned. Citing unnamed government and military sources in Tokyo, recent reports in the Japanese press stated that senior officials with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) were formalizing plans to buy three RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs. Northrop Grumman is the aircraft's prime...
