Japan’s Rear Adm. Takuo Kobayashi on RIMPAC, Multinational Disaster Response

Japan’s Rear Adm. Takuo Kobayashi on RIMPAC, multinational disaster response

As RIMPAC wraps up next week, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Takuo Kobayashi joined HNN’s Sunrise to talk about his country’s role in the 30th iteration of the Rim of the Pacific exercise.

USS Roosevelt Leads RIMPAC Exercise

The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) led a formation of multinational warships in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 on July 22, the Navy confirmed Friday. Now in its 30th iteration, RIMPAC 2026 is the world’s largest international maritime exercise, bringing together 30 ships, 5 submarines, 190 aircraft, 15 national land forces, and approximately 30,000 personnel…

Exercise RIMPAC 2026 features uncrewed vessels, other emerging technologies

FORUM Staff The 30th iteration of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), hosted biennially in and around the Hawaiian Islands by the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), provides an opportunity to evaluate innovations such as uncrewed maritime vessels and 3D printers under realistic conditions. Experimentation is a major part of the five-week multilateral exercise, …