Japan unveiled country’s 1st stealth fighter aircraft X 2. The domestically built fighter aircraft seeks to augment defence capabilities of the country that is surrounded by the China & Russia that already have radar evading aircraft technology.
Aircraft X 2 is expected to undergo its 1st test flight in Feb. 2016.
Features of Aircraft X 2
• It has two engines, similar to the F-22 of the USA, and is 46 feet long by 30 feet wide and 15 feet tall.
• Its stealthy features include a special coating on the canopy that houses the pilot, as well as carbon fiber composite material that absorbs radar waves.
• It was built under the code name Mitsubishi Advanced Technology Demonstrator X by the country’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries limited.
• Apart from Mitsubishi, around 200 companies were involved in the development of the unarmed technology demonstrator.
• It was built at a cost of 340 million US dollars and is smaller than a standard jet fighter.
Japan unveiled 1st stealth fighter aircraft X 2
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