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The Mitsubishi F-X (unofficially called F-3) is a sixth-generation stealth fighter in development for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). It is Japan's first domestically developed stealth fighter jet and will replace the Mitsubishi F-2 by the mid-2030s. [1]
Many consider this aircraft to be Japan's first domestically made stealth fighter. ATD-X is an abbreviation for "Advanced Technology Demonstrator – X". The aircraft is widely known in Japan as Shinshin ( 心神 , meaning "mind" or "spirit.") [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] although the name itself is an early code name within the Japan Self-Defense Forces ...
From the mid-2000s Japan began funding various research programmes involved in fighter design culminating in the Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin experimental aircraft which took flight on 22 April 2016. This research and the data collected from the X-2 programme would feed the development of Japan's main fighter effort, the Mitsubishi F-X programme.
Japan has picked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as a main contractor to develop the country's own next generation stealth fighter for launch in the 2030s, the defense minister said Friday.
Japan announced plans to test F-35B stealth fighters on its new destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier. The testing, supported by the US Navy, will happen in October and November.
Lockheed Martin Corp, the maker of the F-35 jet, will help Japan build a new stealth fighter plane its air force wants to field by the mid-2030s to keep pace with aircraft technology advances made ...
Stealth aircraft will continue to play a valuable role in air combat with the United States using the F-22 Raptor, B-2 Spirit, and the F-35 Lightning II to perform a variety of operations. The F-22 made its combat debut over Syria in September 2014 as part of the US-led coalition to defeat ISIS. [49]
Japan: fighter: 1978: retired 2006: 77: Mitsubishi F-2 Viper Zero: Japan: fighter: 2000: 98: derived from F-16: Mitsubishi F-15J: Japan: fighter: 1981: 223: 12 built by MDD, the rest by Mitsubishi Mitsubishi F-15DJ: Japan: trainer: 1981: 48: Mitsubishi F-X: Japan: fighter: 2035 (planned) Planned sixth-generation stealth fighter developed from X ...