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Japan Begins Building Technology Demonstrator Fighter

Mar. 30, 2012 - 11:33AM | By PAUL KALLENDER-UMEZU

TOKYO — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced it has begun assembly of a full-scale, structural-testing model of the prototype Advanced Technology Demonstrator ATD-X fighter, also called Shinshin, ahead of the prototype’s first flight scheduled in 2014.

Shinshin is being developed by the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Technical Research and Development Institute and MHI as a domestically produced, fifth-generation fighter to replace Japan’s fleet of some 49 Mitsubishi F-2 and 135 Mitsubishi F-15 fighters later in the decade. It would be an alternative to, or would supplement, the nation’s planned buy of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 stealth fighters.

In December, in a contentious decision, the MoD decided to purchase 42 F-35s to replace the 1960s-era Mitsubishi F-4EJ Kai Phantoms starting in 2016 at a cost of $114 million per jet. But the deal quickly fell into difficulties this February, when international concerns reached Japan about the ability of the U.S. to lower F-35 costs. The issue arose after the Pentagon’s January decision to delay purchase of 179 F-35s, leading to publicly aired demands by Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka to the U.S. not to raise prices.

The origins of the Shinshin lay in Japan’s long-held desire to purchase Lockheed F-22 Raptors, but that was stymied when the U.S. Congress banned export of the fighter, leading Japan to buy the F-35 and develop its own alternative.

The project was launched in 2009 amid concerns about the technological progress made by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. China rolled out its Chengdu J-20 in January 2011, and the fifth-generation fighter is expected to go into service as early as 2017.

MHI said assembly of the full-scale static structural test model of the ATD-X is on track to produce a flight test model of the Shinshin, which expected to make its first flight in 2014. Project completion is slated for the end of March 2017.

Shinshin will feature a number of advanced technologies, including 3-D thrust-vectoring capability, a fly-by-optics flight control system, an active electronically scanned array radar, electronic countermeasures and possibly microwave weapon functions.

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Japan to restart the mind fighters plan to deal with prices of U.S. F-35 project

Date:2012-04-06Author:adminCategory:International military


“mind Project assembly ceremony

F-35 unreliable, Japan began to create “mind”

“legal system Digest” Zhuangao of,: Xu Yin

March 28, Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the official website press release, announcing Island plant in Aichi fly in the morning held a domestic fifth-generation fighter “mind” test machine assembly ceremony officially began the production phase of the aircraft . Just a few months ago, the Japanese government just to the U.S. F-35 fighter to finalize the main force for the next generation fighter, and is now with great fanfare announced to speed up production of the domestic stealth fighter, the outside world are quite concerned.

Japan’s “universal fighter”, also known as advanced technology demonstrator (ATD-X) “project joint research and development by the Technology Research and Development Institute of Japan’s defense ministry and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The assembly of the demonstrator is a full-size model of machine used for structure validation. The launch on March 28, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries staff on-site implementation riveting operations. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aerospace Systems vice president Lin Xiao said: “Our aim is to develop a pure fighter jets, I think the moment is the first step in this long dangerous road. Used to verify the assembly of the machine is complete, will begin production of the flight test prototype, first flight in 2014, the research and development of the entire project be completed before March 2017.

According to the United States, “Defense News” website, the “mind” fighters use the 3-D vector forward, light flight control system, active electronically scanned array radar, electronic warfare equipment, microwave weapons, a number of high-end technology that can effectively implement measures against the enemy. In the assembly of the ceremony, the spokesman for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the production of 49 F-135 F-15 fighter aircraft will gradually replace in the next decade, as the complement of F-35 fighter.

Japan Air Self Defense Force said, “mind” fighters in the future air to give the Japanese air force “F3″ capacity, that is the first to discover (FirstLook) “,” the first attack (FirstShoot) “and” First destroy (FirstKill). ”

Research Part of Japan’s defense ministry claimed that as a supersonic aircraft, “mind” will be at the same time have stealth and high mobility.

Under normal circumstances, the stealth fighter and mobility tend to fish and can not have both, because these two performance requirements for aircraft shape is the opposite – Invisible requirements of the aircraft shape angular clear to the radar echo concentrated in a limited direction as far as possible, and high mobility requirements of aircraft shape tends to be more smooth, so as to avoid air separation from the body surface. “Mind” developed precisely in order to resolve this contradiction, so that a new generation of fighter aircraft while both the essential properties of the two to win the air war, both as the Su-35, such as the Su-37 aircraft as the flight of high mobility, but also with not inferior to the F-22 stealth fighter, thus becoming the world’s leading “universal fighter”.

To this end, the third room of the Japan Research Division in 2000, lasted eight years, high maneuverability and stealth fighters to integrate research, development, low observability fuselage and the integrated flight/propulsion control technology (IFPC) design a unique model for the “mind”, and in 2005 will be sent to the French weapons and equipment of the radar cross section of the Bureau of Laboratory special radar reflective properties experiment. In mobility, and its take-off weight of about 8 tons, equipped with two Japanese domestic XF5-1 turbofan engines total thrust of 10 tons, the takeoff thrust to weight ratio of 1.25. Uses a new type of smart skin will further reduce weight. Japanese critics say, the “mind” will be able to achieve a general fighter impossible flight action, pilot, even if in a stall condition of the aircraft for effective control.

Japan’s high-profile announcement to begin production of the domestic stealth fighter, so that the outside world by surprise. Just over four months ago, the Japanese government announced that the F-35 fighters selected for the next major fighter, the outside world once rumors that Japan will suspend the “mind” project. The change, the reason or the United States.

In the development process of the defense industry in postwar Japan, the United States has always played an important role. The special relationship of the Japan-US security alliance, Japan has been able to obtain a large number of advanced weapons and equipment from the United States. However, Japan has been to rely on their own strength to develop a domestic fighter. The United States for long-term safety considerations, and do not want to see the Japanese military enterprises and expanding.

On the other hand, once the Japanese achieve self-sufficiency, will give the United States, the major military enterprises to suffer huge losses.

enter the 21st century, seeing the the fighter localization hopeless, Japan began to actively seek from the United States the introduction of advanced F-22 Raptor fighter, as a next-generation fighter the main. However, the U.S. Congress on the grounds in order to protect its air force, advanced stealth technology, flatly be rejected, the Japanese government “very injured. Japan has decided to reopen the domestic fighter program, developed its own domestic 5th generation fighter, so the “mind” project was born.

seeing Japan’s “real thing”, the U.S. Big Brother this was “serious” events, so positive to the Japanese to sell F-35 “Lightning” fighter. Earnest persuasion of the U.S. government under the Japanese government finally announced in December last year, the introduction of 42 F-35 fighter jets to replace the F-4EJ Phantom “fighter, and the great expectations of the” mind “project a time declared silence.

according to plan, Japan’s procurement of the F-35 fighters per aircraft cost as much as $ 114 million, so the price was the domestic one was then questioned. However, now the F-35 development process twists and turns, the cost is rising. In January of this year, the U.S. Pentagon announced the postponement of the purchase of 179 F-35, which immediately caused the dramatic increase in concern by States F-35 costs. After only one month, Italy has followed and announced to reduce the number of procurement from the original 131 to 41. Canadian Department of Defense on March 13, said its procurement of 65 F-35 decision may change. Shortly thereafter, just ready to make purchasing decisions Australia Xianshibumiao emergency announced on March 22, will defer the purchase of F-35 “.

international allies have to withdraw from the face of enormous domestic pressure, the Japanese government apparently Hold live. To this end, Japan’s defense minister Tanaka Naoki specifically wrote to the U.S.

Department of Defense, asked not to raise the price of the F-35. However, on March 30, the Pentagon released the latest procurement report, announced the F-35 project costs increased again, to break through the $ 1.5 trillion mark. Seeing the F-35 program more and more outrageous, the Japanese government had to look for other ways to restart the plan of their own “mind”.

, however, whether the F-35 or “mind”, the Japanese government is actively seeking a fifth-generation fighter’s determination has not wavered.

U.S. Defence News website has published articles, known as the “mind” project started in the beginning it out of the concerns of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force technical development. The article said that China-made fifth-generation stealth fighter F -20 maiden flight in January 2011, as early as 2017 the armed forces, the Government of Japan deeply urgency of the situation. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said, “mind” the thrust of the project is the development of next-generation fighter to compete with neighboring advanced fighters “.

ATD-X Shinshin - New Japanese Stealth Fighter

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Japanese mind stealth machine confirmation date sign sixth generation of fighter plane new technology (group chart)

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Lead: At the end of March, Japan has promoted the so-called date sign sixth generation of fighter plane standard by the indication is Mind vanguard technology confirmation machine entire dimensional scaled model.




The Japanese three water chestnut heavy industry started to assemble the mind stealth confirmation machine

According to the Japanese media on March 28 reported that the Japanese three water chestnut heavy industry start in Aizhi County to fly at the same day the island factory assembly overall dimension stealth fighter's testing machine, it will use to test a series of vanguard technologies, will research and develop in the future the date sign sixth generation of fighter plane. Japan air self defense force requests to have

The mind is the Japanese research and development date sign sixth generation of fighter plane's technical confirmation machine

Japan publishes "Military exploration" the monthly publication said that the date sign sixth generation of fighter plane's core technologies concept is the informationization and the intellectualization. And the most core's part is The Japanese practical application sixth generation of fighter plane came out must the date and time.

However looking from the mind airplane's name is the vanguard technology confirmation machine (Advanced Technological Demonstrator-X, ATD-X), this machine is not a practical battle airplane, develops 5 stages according to the Chinese airplane the divisions, the mind should be at the first stage, also proves the research stage, this stage mainly the battlefield environment which faces according to national and the strategic concept and the future, studies the sixth generation of battle airplane the tactical technology characteristic, and carries on the experimental verification to the correlation technique. Take this as the foundation determined that the sixth generation of battle airplane's overall tactical and technical requirements, determined the related target, then determines the sixth generation of battle airplane's aerodynamic configuration, the dynamic system regarding these targets and so on key technologies parameter, therefore from this angle, although some sources said the mind plan is flies in 2014 new years, but what day does the Japanese practical domestic product sixth generation of battle airplane come out also needs the date and time.





Japan once also wanted independently to develop the battle airplane, this is so-called

The postwar Japan is forbidden to research and develop the fighter aircraft

However looking from the overseas medium report, the mind is also only a quite simple technical confirmation machine at present, but is not the prototype, Japan wants to develop the domestically produced stealth battle airplane also to have many key technologies barriers to need to overcome.

Whether so-called Two fight, Japan aviation industry is the Japanese Fascist starts aggressive war's important material base, once developed zero type to let the allied country be fed up the suffering like the battle airplane. Therefore Japan defeats throws, the allied country once to Japan implemented the aviation prohibition rule, forbids it to have the aviation industry, was only afterward the US stemming from supported Japan to divert Soviet Union's goal, only then had limit relieving to forbid the policy to Japan's aviation, Japan aviation industry only then to be able the part restoration. But in key fighter aircraft aspect not loose mouth, therefore the postwar Japan aviation industry's product mainly concentrates in the middle and small scale transport aircraft, above trainer aircraft these secondary products, but empties from has used the US standard battle airplane, on this prototype some key equipment's domination in American hand.

Because the US resists to sell F-22 fighter plane Japan to be determined from grinds the fighter plane

Along with the postwar economy's recovery and the development, Japan once also wanted independently to develop the battle airplane, this is so-called in 2000 Japan namely started to carry on the technical preparation.

According to mind development side - three water chestnut heavy industry material; The ATD-X fighter plane plan started from 2000, in 2005 completes the full-scale model, mainly used for to carry on with the RCS related test. Because Japan lacks the design invisible aircraft's experience, therefore the related experiment is carries on France's related facility, in 2006 three water chestnut heavy industry make a 1:5 size the mockup, carries on the simulation test flight, mainly conducts the research to airplane's aerodynamic configuration, experiments carries on the Japanese Hokkaido. The data which obtains according to these experiments, Japan decided that constructs an overall dimension the airplane to use in the technology which confirms the new generation battle airplane to use, these technologies include; The stealth, flies controls/fire control and sends controls the integrated technology, the synthesis electro-optic, the light to pass on the control system and so on, builds the solid foundation finally for the development new domestic product battle airplane.





The mind contour used the beam control concept to design, has the strong stealth ability.

The mind fighter plane's contour stealth effect is outstanding
Front has said that the stealth is the new generation battle airplane's essential feature, looking from the mind picture and the model, its contour and F-22 is approximately same, was the conventional configuration aerodynamic configuration, the contour uses the beam control principle to design obviously. That is through a series of measures, concentrates the radar illumination wave beam's launch direction in the minority several directions, thus reduces opposite party radar's survey this aircraft's ability.

It uses the measure includes; The fuselage and the vertical stabilizer incline outward, like this may deviate the side illumination electric wave, moreover fuselage main edge parallel, so that the guiding radar electric wave's reflection direction, looking from air intake's position, it as if also uses S to enter said.

The air inlet is similar to the F-22 CARET air inlet, has like this avoided the radar electric wave direct radiation to the engine blower and the air compressor. Moreover the electric wave after the air intake reflects many times, the direction is more scattered in disorder, not easily by direct reflection, thus sharpened airplane's stealth ability. In addition uses inclined the phased-array radar antenna, uses the metal clad in the cabin, like this may obvious reduced airplane forward RCS. Here we may see the mind the stealth performance are good.

Mind fighter plane pursue stealth and mobile unification

The mind and F-22 were the same, have used the triadic type side strip design, i.e., using the nose, the fuselage and the side strip produced the whorl, and carried on to it supplements and strengthens. This enhances the vortex pair wing air current supplement ability, thus achieves postpones the separation, enhances the lifting force the goal, moreover its contour is also similar with F-22, is not the pure diamond wing, but reduced the after skirt forward-swept angle. F-22 leading edge swept back 42 degrees, but the after skirt forward-swept only then 17 degrees, like this are mainly to increase the aspect ratio, enhances airplane's maneuvering performance.

Moreover the forward-swept angle reduces is also helpful in enhancing airplane's flap and so on to lift augmentation the measure the efficiency, but the price is its beam control ability was inferior that uses diamond wing's YF-23, it can only the wave beam reflection directional control in 8 directions, but YF-23 may realize 4 direction beam control.

Moreover the author notes the mind wing the contraction coefficient to be small, does this is also to postpone the wing-tip stall, reduces the wing the induced drag. Demonstrated that the mind is also quite takes seriously regarding the maneuver capability, looked from the model, the mind aft body uses the engine small spacing design, like this may reduce airplane's resistance. Before the stabilizer, after skirt and wing parallel, and carried on has cut sharp processing, postponed the flutter the occurrence, simultaneously extended to the engine tailing spout behind, its advantage increased the stabilizer area, has guaranteed airplane's maneuverability and the stability. Simultaneously may carry on certain mask to the motor exit, but the shortcoming is the weight and the volume is big, this is also a normal arrangement airplane universal shortcoming. Overall speaking, the mind manifests the thought and F-22 are the same, make every effort to realize the stealth and the maneuvering performance unification.





By the mind volume and the weight, install the complete avionics system as if with difficulty.

Japanese domestic product active phased-array radar performance approximate F-35 levelLooking from the mind size, as if very difficult equipment complete avionics, the active phased array fire control radar, it to be particularly high to airplane's electric power supply request. Looks like American F-22 the avionics experiment is completes in the Boeing 757 testing aircrafts, but the F-35 radar and the avionics system test airplane is Boeing 737. However because some sources said Japan already started for the new generation domestic product airplane development including the new active phased array fire control radar in avionics system, looking from the Japanese media related

The mind will adopt the advanced light to pass on the control system

Based on this, Japan has also carried out the intelligent outer covering technology research, is also the radar antenna and the aircraft skin synthesizes in together, thus sharpens airplane's detectability. The mind also had a comparison characteristic to use the airplane light to pass on the control system, compared with the beforehand airplane's fly-by-wire, the light passed on the control system is replaces the electricity by the light to take the transmission carrier, therefore antijamming ability, the reliability was high, the volume was small, the weight was light. Is the flying control system development direction.

The mind research and development cannot leave US's support

Then in the mind foundation, whether Japan to develop the new generation domestic product battle airplane, the author thought that this is not only decided by Japanese oneself, but must think US's policy. Front mentioned that the mind the overall dimension RCS experiment is carries on France, but is not in the US, refuses Japan according to Japanese side's view US to use US's related facility, the superficial explanation is to prevent outside US's stealth technology to release. But had as if also indicated the US is related the plan to Japan the manner, whether i.e. does the Japanese F-3 stealth fighter aircraft appear on the market, the US is also a very important factor.







The mind wing's contraction coefficient is small, takes the maneuver capability.



XF-5-1 uses baffling beat TVC.

Japan is researching and developing the advanced aircraft engine

The Japanese domestic product new generation battle airplane appears also needs a date and time crucial target is its engine, we knew that has a famous saying

The mind biggest barrier is the aircraft engine

Therefore regarding Japan, develops the domestic product battle airplane in the future, first will bump into the technical barrier will be the domestically produced engine. Some sources said Japan has the plan the XF-5-1 promotion is 90 kilo Newton stage motor's plan. In fact in 2010 Japan once to sent out to some main engine manufacture company has used the jet engine related information to the new generation fighter aircraft the questionnaire book, requests these companies 10 to provide the related this company product and the price complete material before 2010 May, its candidate engine including US's F414, France's M88 and so on. Has proven the Japanese future domestic product military motor power from the side approximately also in this rank, then may extrapolate from this what Japan possibly develops is one kind of medium stealth battle airplane.

The mind biggest barrier is the aircraft engine

After the mind comes out, has had some words so-called

The thrust force vector nozzle is also the difficulty which needs to attack and capture

Besides the engine itself, the thrust force vector nozzle is also the difficulty which Japan needs to attack and capture, the author notes XF-5-1 to conceive the thrust force vector nozzle which and US's X-31 technology confirmation machine on the chart uses is the same. Is the baffling beat, it is mainly in the afterbody installs the baffle which many may, outside deflect inward, changes the jet flow by the direction, has the structure simply, easy to make and so on merits. But the shortcoming is the weight is big, the space is big, time the thrust force vector condition's efficiency is low, moreover is disadvantageous regarding the airplane stealth and the supersonic cruise, these two are the stealth battle airplane most basic two characteristics exactly. Therefore the baffle except uses in the technical confirmation machine, the existing practical battle airplane has not used this plan, therefore this had also reflected XF5-1 are many are carries on new air operated, flies controls and the engine control and so on system-related integration research and the exploration, is away from practical also has long section of distances.

The Japanese sixth generation of fighter plane has the realization possibility

The Japan sign six generations machine have continued present beautiful sign four generation of machine performance and so on stealth technologies, high mobility, high powered radar, simultaneously performed to supplement the directed energy weapon, the light passed on the operation technology. The most core's cloud fire and the group control, are Japan's technical strong points exactly. Therefore, the so-called date sign six generation of machine standard establishments, considered Japan's technical superiority fully. Therefore, it has realized the possibility which at least the part realizes, from this angle, the so-called date sign six generations machine also have depend on the spectrum the ingredient.



Regarding the mind confirmation machine, it represents Japan to develop the result which the military aviation industry's determination and obtains.

The mind will be Japan in the future the sixth generation of fighter plane's engineering research, the future Japanese sixth generation of fighter plane will be no longer a pure fighter aircraft model, but will be the coordination with it coordination unmanned aerial vehicle, in addition the bigger information platform, will cause it to become a combat system. Realizes a community combat's aviation fight system. Before it and each generation of fighter plane biggest difference lie, what its more considerations is Net easy military

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Japan, U.S. set to discuss revised defense guidelines

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013



WASHINGTON — Japan and the United States will start discussions shortly on a planned revision to the guidelines for their defense cooperation, sources said.

Foreign and Defense ministry officials will gather in Washington around mid-January to mark the start of full-fledged talks on the revision, according to the sources.

Amid China's rapid expansion of its maritime activities and military capabilities, the focus of the discussions will be on how the revised guidelines should define the roles to be shared by Japan and the United States in the field of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), the sources said.

Ahead of the bilateral talks, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will confirm over the telephone the need for the two nations to deepen their security alliance.

Main participants in the upcoming discussions on the guidelines will be division heads and equivalent officials, who will concentrate on work to identify key points at issue.

The outcome of the bilateral discussions will be announced later this year at the so-called Two-Plus-Two talks among foreign and defense ministers from Japan and the United States.

After this, the two nations will discuss the language of the revised guidelines. All work related to the planned revision is expected to be completed in 2014 at the earliest, the sources said.

ISR is a relatively new concept in defense cooperation intended to cover situations that neither constitute peace nor an emergency, such as the situation in the area of Japan, which is having to deal with stepped-up maritime patrols by Chinese vessels encroaching near the Japan-held Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. China also claims the islets.

In the United States, officials want the Self-Defense Forces not to limit their activities to the immediate vicinity of the Senkakus, which are considered part of Okinawa, and to serve outside Japanese territory.

Another key issue for the planned guideline revision will be how to enhance cooperation in their responses to cyber-attacks and how to bolster their missile defenses.

Taking into account U.S. military realignments over the past few years in Japan, the revised guidelines are seen as including the expansion of joint military drills and the enhanced sharing of military installations.

The results of the discussions will be reflected in Japan's national defense guidelines, which will be reviewed at the instructions of new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Washington will include the discussion results in its quadrennial defense review report anticipated for around 2014.

After the two nations revise the defense cooperation guidelines, they will move on to make amendments to their domestic laws and compile detailed plans on defense cooperation.

Japan and the United States agreed to revise the defense cooperation guidelines at a meeting of their defense ministers last August.

The two nations aimed to start the full-fledged talks in December, but did not do so because of North Korea's ballistic missile launch and Japan's change of government.

The two nations last revised their guidelines in 1997. In the current guidelines, the two sides made the language on the range of Japan's cooperation as modest as possible, hoping the guidelines will not anger China or South Korea.

Abe has proposed allowing Japan to exercise the right to collective defense, a move that would significantly affect the future of the two nations' defense cooperation. Some U.S. officials regard this as an opportunity to get Japan to play a larger role in bilateral defense cooperation.