Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will serve as the launch provider for a satellite that Airbus built for Inmarsat‘s sixth generation satellite fleet. The Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite will be launched aboard the MHI H-IIA launch vehicle in 2020 to offer new capacities for the former’s customers including advanced global safety services, mobile services and Internet of Things applications, […] More

Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson has said her company and its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have jointly responded to Japan’s request for information on stealth fighter aircraft in August, Nikkei reported Saturday. Sam Nussey writes that Japan is considering whether to develop new aircraft domestically, tap foreign defense companies or just procure additional fighters in the marketplace to replace […] More

Northrop Grumman and NEC Corp. have worked to deploy a private, cloud-based cyber range system in the country as part of efforts to help customers create a testing and training environment. The J-CORTEX is designed to imitate situations to prepare cyber professionals to detect and effectively deal with cyber threats, Northrop Grumman said Wednesday. Jack Dorsett, […] More

BAE Systems and Babcock International want to join a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries–Kawasaki Heavy Industries alliance in pursuit of a $50 billion contract to build submarines for the Australian military, Defense World reported Friday. The two British defense contractors maintain operations in Australia. Defense World quoted a Japanese defense official as saying Mitsubishi seeks information on […] More

Japan-based Mitsubishi Electric has chosen MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to provide Ku-band and Ka-band antenna subsystems as part of a new contract worth $10 million. MDA said Thursday that the antennas will equip a commercial telecommunications satellite as the company works to expand its multibeam communications portfolio in the Japanese market. MDA is a communications and information company that […] More

MBDA and Mitsubishi Electric are undertaking a preliminary deal to develop midrange missiles for the F-35 fighter jets as part of the Japanese government’s efforts to establish international defense procurement partnerships, Reuters reported Thursday. Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo report the deal would be the first to involve using Japanese-built parts for missile exports as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration continues […] More

Lockheed Martin and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have deployed the first set of components for Japan as that country seeks to restore F-2 aircraft that were destroyed during the March 2011 tsunami. Both companies have delivered the aft and leading edge flaps for the F-2 fighter aircrafts, Lockheed said Thursday. “We are honored to play a role […] More

Exelis has delivered a satellite payload to Japan-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp. that is designed to help with weather forecasting. The Advanced Himawari Imager will be installed into the Himawari-8 geostationary satellite, which is meant to replace the Multifunctional Transport Satellite series and scheduled for a 2014 launch, Exelis said Wednesday. Eric Webster, vice president of weather […] More

A Raytheon and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-built guided missile has completed a review intended to evaluate the weapon’s design and ability to deflect and beat threats. Standard Missile-3 Block IIA weapons are built to destroy adversarial ballistic missiles by colliding with them, Raytheon said Thursday. “This milestone is critical because it moves the SM-3 Block IIA […] More

A business unit of Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has shipped an unmanned aircraft system to Japan for first responders to assess damages and acquire real-time information about disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Insitu Pacific, a subsidiary of Insitu Inc., signed a contract last year with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to deliver the ScanEagle UAS for Japan’s […] More

The U.S. Army is set to hold a mobile 155mm howitzer shoot-off at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona in early 2021 and companies are announcing their selection to participate in the event while others are expressing interest to take part in the activity, Defense News reported Thursday.

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A variant of Raytheon Technologies' Standard Missile-3 system took down an intercontinental ballistic missile during a flight test demonstration led by the Missile Defense Agency, marking the first time such technology intercepted a target outside Earth's atmosphere.

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