eddo36 16 Posted January 29, 2016 Could this be the stealth jet of the future? Japan has unveiled a test aircraft for its first domestically-made stealth fighter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ineptaphid 6413 Posted January 29, 2016 Strange design-very Japanese :) Looks light and nippy and no to complex. I like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ranwer135 308 Posted January 29, 2016 Looks similar to the one in BANDAI's game Assault Horizon :P (this jet came out like 3-4 years ago): 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted January 29, 2016 This thing looks like it could have insane maneuverability Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProfTournesol 956 Posted January 29, 2016 I'm not a specialist at all, did the Japanese build some aircraft recently (i mean, since WW2) ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
da12thMonkey 1943 Posted January 29, 2016 I'm not a specialist at all, did the Japanese build some aircraft recently (i mean, since WW2) ? Yes, plenty. Since WW2 they license built F-86 Sabre, F-104 Starfighter, F-4 Phantom, F-15 Eagle and P-2 Neptune and a few others (helicopters etc). They've also built a wide variety of domestically developed aircraft like F-1, T-4, PS-1/US-1 and US-2, C-1 and C-2, their new P-1 and the F-2 which is an enlarged F-16 developed specifically for Japan by Mitsubishi and Lockheed Martin. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProfTournesol 956 Posted January 30, 2016 Yes, plenty. Since WW2 they license built F-86 Sabre, F-104 Starfighter, F-4 Phantom, F-15 Eagle and P-2 Neptune and a few others (helicopters etc). They've also built a wide variety of domestically developed aircraft like F-1, T-4, PS-1/US-1 and US-2, C-1 and C-2, their new P-1 and the F-2 which is an enlarged F-16 developed specifically for Japan by Mitsubishi and Lockheed Martin. Thanks for the answer. So most of them being US planes adapted ? Are they building their own engines ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
da12thMonkey 1943 Posted January 30, 2016 Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) are building their own engine for X-2/ADT-X. They previously developed their own turbofan for the P-1, but most aircraft in Japan do have license-built engines (various Pratt & Whitney , General Electric and Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca engines manufactured by IHI or Kawasaki usually). Since the 1990s, the Japanese have produced a lot of their own missiles though. Recently we (UK) signed an agreement with them to develop a version of the MBDA Meteor with a Japanese AESA radar seeker, similar to the one they developed for their AAM-4B missile. So far AESA seekers are only found on the AAM-4B and the Russian K-77M (which AFAIK isn't fully in service yet since it's for PAK-FA), so Japan was way ahead of the game on this (F-2 was also the first operational fighter aircraft with an AESA radar). Pairing Meteor's kinematic performance from its ramjet, with the accuracy of an AESA seeker should make it a phenomenally potent BVR missile. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
