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Japan FMS: RQ-4 | Drone Consult

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RQ-4 for Japan

Original titleJapan FMS: RQ-4

BuyerUnknown · JP

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Procurement context

The buying authority is based in JP.
It is categorised as Ground systems, with mission focus isr.
It is linked to the RQ-4 Global Hawk / MQ-4C Triton FMS program in our database.
The record comes from an official procurement registry (the US DSCA Foreign Military Sales register).

AI summary of the notice

Japan is procuring the RQ-4 system. The total estimated case value is $1.2 billion, with a total estimated MDE value of $720 million.

DSCA Congressional Notification — Transmittal 15-62

Purchaser: Japan

Equipment:

Major Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $689 million of this total. On April 4, 2016, Congress was notified by congressional certification transmittal number 0J-16 of the inclusion of two Ground Control Elements (GCE). The GCEs were not enumerated as MDE in the original notification of the Global Hawk RPA system. The total cost of the new MDE items was $31 million, increasing the total estimated MDE value to $720 million. The total estimated case value remained $1.2 billion. On April 4, 2022, Congress was notified by congressional certification transmittal number 0C-22 of the inclusion of the following additional MDE items: five (5) Kearfott INS/GPS; and two (2) LN-251 INS/GPS. Also included was hardware and software integration support. The total estimated MDE value remained $720 millio