SINGAPORE, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Japan, concerned about rising regional tensions, will spend more on defense, government officials said.
Japanese officials are attending the Singapore Ari Show 2014 to view the latest equipment available.
The upgrades will allow the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to boost its air and maritime forces.
Besides upgrading its current air arm of U.S.-built F-2 and F-15 fighters JASDF will purchase 28 U.S.-built Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft, 17 Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and three Northrop Grumman Global Hawk UAVs by 2019, the Aviation International News reported Wednesday.
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