英国《简氏防务周刊》2015年6月23日报道,日本防卫省计划在2015年底前成立一个新机构,统管武器装备的研制、生产和出口等事项。该机构员额预计将达1800人,每年的采购与研发预算约为100亿美元,其名称暂未确定,很可能为“国防装备局”(DEA)或“采办、技术与后勤局”(ATLA)。日本防卫省表示,成立该机构旨在实现由单一顶层机构 British Jane’s Defense Weekly reported on June 23, 2015 that the Japanese Defense Ministry plans to establish a new agency by the end of 2015 to control the development, production and export of weapons and equipment. The agency is expected to have 1,800 posts and an annual procurement and R & D budget of about 10 billion U.S. dollars. Its name is yet to be determined and is likely to be “DEA” or "Procurement, Technology and Logistics Bureau (ATLA). Japan’s Defense Ministry said the establishment of the agency aims to be achieved by a single top agency