As companies withdraw from the defense industry one after another, the Ministry of Defense will nationalize production lines and allow them to outsource to other companies if it becomes difficult for companies that manufacture important equipment to continue their business. A bill containing such matters was presented at a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party and was approved.
The Ministry of Defense presented a bill to strengthen the development and production base of defense equipment at the Liberal Democratic Party's security-related meeting held on the 3rd.
According to this, when
a company that manufactures equipment that is indispensable for the mission of the Self-Defense Forces withdraws due to difficulty in continuing the business, if there is no other means, the country will purchase the facilities and equipment and nationalize it. They say they can and will outsource management to another company.
The aim is to reduce the initial investment burden on companies and maintain the domestic production base.
In addition,
in order to strengthen the security of information on equipment, the Ministry of Defense has newly designated confidential information provided to contracted companies as "secret equipment, etc.", and penalties have been established in the event of leakage.
In addition,
▽ In order to promote the transfer of defense equipment overseas, the government and the private sector will work together to establish a new fund to subsidize the equipment transfer activities of companies.
The bill was approved at the meeting on the 3rd, and the Ministry of Defense plans to submit it to the current Diet session early this month.