The government has made final adjustments to the total expenditure of about 5.4 trillion yen, including the first budget of about 10 billion yen for the development and examination of unmanned aerial vehicles to support fighter aircraft for the defense budget of the budget plan for the next fiscal year. It is expected to increase for the 10th consecutive year and reach a record high.
The Ministry of Defense has posted 5,479.7 billion yen in the budget request for the next fiscal year, and has been coordinating with the Ministry of Finance toward the decision of the budget plan later this month.
As a result, along with the development of the next fighter of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, 10.1 billion yen will be spent for the first time on the development and examination of an unmanned aircraft equipped with AI = artificial intelligence that flies in the airspace away from the fighter and detects danger at an early stage. In addition to the recording, the development cost of 39.3 billion yen to improve the guided bullets of the Ground Self-Defense Force into a new long-range cruise missile that can be launched from escort ships and fighters will be recorded.
In addition, 5.8 billion yen was approved for the radar repair cost of the Aegis system-equipped ship to be built as an alternative to the new interception missile system "Aegis Ashore" that was abandoned.
As a result, defense spending for the next fiscal year's budget is expected to reach a record high of about 5.4 trillion yen, increasing for the 10th consecutive year.
The Ministry of Defense has positioned the supplementary budget for this year and the budget for next year, which was the largest ever for a single supplementary budget of 773.8 billion yen, as a "defense force strengthening acceleration package", and the total amount is 6 trillion. It will be larger than the yen.