9 Dec 2022
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that the company will work closely with Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD), as well as United Kingdom (UK) and Italian companies to help strengthen Japan’s security and defense industrial base with innovative technologies, responding to a joint statement by the Prime Ministers of Japan, United Kingdom and Italy on December 9, 2022 that the three countries will begin developing next-generation fighter aircraft under the Future Fighter Program.
Mitsubishi Electric’s key role in the Future Fighter Program
Mitsubishi Electric has been involved in studying joint-development possibilities, since being selected to develop radar and other mission-avionics systems for the program.