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SamuraiBlue said:

Here is something worthwhile for Japan to invest in.

An AEW&C aircraft utilizing the P-1 as platform.
Although still in their initial research stage targeting mid-2020 for completion and only with less then one million dollars US placed into research at the moment, if Japan goes ahead in development I wonder how it will play out in the pitch towards the British in offering the MPA P-1?
Would the British look into it more carefully with possibility of gaining license production of P-1 in Britain?

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The British are more likely to buy the P-8 instead (they're already pretty familiar with it via officer exchanges), though I suppose the AEW&C is more plausible (though BAE will probably put its own system on an Airbus platform).

Skywatcher said:

The British are more likely to buy the P-8 instead (they're already pretty familiar with it via officer exchanges), though I suppose the AEW&C is more plausible (though BAE will probably put its own system on an Airbus platform).

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JSDF could definitely go for a P-1 based AEW&C but I'm not sure if international customers will line up for it when other options exist such as the 737 based AEW&C, which is in a similar weight class as the P-1 but only has two engines rather than four which I presume has some benefits for fuel efficiency... not to mention being based off a widely used commercial aircraft.

The same logic goes for any P-8 vs P-1 comparison for the MPA market, though if P-1 is substantially cheaper than P-8 and if they offer greater options for customers to modify P-1 then they could gain some ground.

Well we will have to wait and see how the whole pitch pans out for Britain's MPA procurement plans.

Here is another interesting presentation I found while doing some net surfing.



IHI's jet engine business plan which was announce last year including the next generation fighter jet engine called Hyper Slim Engine (HSE). This engine will be based on the XF5-1 engine powering the ATD-X. The abbreviation X for XF-5 obviously standed for eXperimental in line with the whole ATD-X project.
IHI is targeting an one meter diameter engine with core temperature reaching 1800°C with power-out put at 15 tonnes.
This will allow the fighter jet achieve supercruise and obtain a sleeker profile to reduce RCS while maintaining a large internal missile bay.



They plan to develop a prototype by 2018.

Here is a link to an article in Japanese outlining the development.

SamuraiBlue said:

Here is something worthwhile for Japan to invest in.

An AEW&C aircraft utilizing the P-1 as platform.

Although still in their initial research stage targeting mid-2020 for completion.?

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Why would the Japanese and JMSDF do this when they just got approval in June to acquire four E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes (and I expect in time they will buy more) to go with their thirteen E-2C Hawkeyes for themselves?



Do you think they would develop such an aircraft for the UK alone?

With them already having their own AEW&C needs met, I just cannot see that happening. But I may also be wrong.

The Japanese also have four E-767 aircraft. With the four new E-2Ds, the thirteen E-2Cs and the four E-767s they will have a total of 21 AEW&C aircraft.

Jeff Head said:

Why would the Japanese and JMSDF do this when they just got approval in June to acquire four E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes (and I expect in time they will buy more) to go with their thirteen E-2C Hawkeyes for themselves?

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Do you think they would develop such an aircraft for the UK alone?

With them already having their own AEW&C needs met, I just cannot see that happening. But I may also be wrong.

The Japanese also have four E-767 aircraft. With the four new E-2Ds, the thirteen E-2Cs and the four E-767s they will have a total of 21 AEW&C aircraft.

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The four E-2Ds are just stop gaps requiring to replace the first E-2Cs which were not the best fit in the first place.
The original plan was to acquire 10 E-767 but due to high cost and close to end cycle of the radar dome as well as the 767 platform the plan was reduced to 4 planes.
Europe has a more pressing demand with Britain owning 7 E-3 and NATO with 18 planes all introduced in the mid 80's to early 90's.

SamuraiBlue said:

Here is something worthwhile for Japan to invest in.

An AEW&C aircraft utilizing the P-1 as platform.
Although still in their initial research stage targeting mid-2020 for completion and only with less then one million dollars US placed into research at the moment, if Japan goes ahead in development I wonder how it will play out in the pitch towards the British in offering the MPA P-1?
Would the British look into it more carefully with possibility of gaining license production of P-1 in Britain?

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I don't see why the UK would buy P-1 from Japan ? ... British radar technology is super modern .... Is there any Japanese indigenous modern radar in service now?, I thought all are Americans

antiterror13 said:

Is there any Japanese indigenous modern radar in service now?, I thought all are Americans

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you forgot to add 'lol' in the end. Mods, just do your job as intentions are clear in that post.

Janiz said:

you forgot to add 'lol' in the end. Mods, just do your job as intentions are clear in that post.

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What intentions ? not sure what you are talking about?

antiterror13 said:

What intentions ? not sure what you are talking about?

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I believe you were warned here by Jeff.
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By the way here is a list of radars developed in Japan.