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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]
On 9 December 2022, the governments of Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy jointly announced that they would develop and deploy a common fighter jet, merging their previously separate sixth-generation projects: the United Kingdom-led BAE Systems Tempest developed with Italy, and the Japanese Mitsubishi F-X.
In 2010, the Japanese government revealed the concept sixth-generation jet fighter, the i3 FIGHTER. [32] i3 is short for informed, intelligent and instantaneous. [33] In July 2014, Jane's Information Group reported that a House of Commons Defence Select Committee had published a report about the UK's "post-2030 combat aviation force structure".
Some photos showed the aircraft painted with code number '36' on the forward fuselage, thus the aircraft was tentatively named J-36 by military analysts. [14] Analysts speculated the aircraft may be either a sixth-generation fighter prototype or a regional bomber prototype design previously known as the JH-XX.
Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country ...
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 ...
Italy was committed to fund its share of the Italian-Anglo-Japanese fighter jet programme for 15 years, long enough for the aircraft to enter service, the director for the project at the Italian ...
Jet fighter generations classify the major technology leaps in the historical development of the jet fighter. Different authorities have identified different technology jumps as the key ones, dividing fighter development into different numbers of generations. Five generations are now widely recognised, with the development of a sixth under way. [1]