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PEARL HARBOR (Sept. 23, 2015) Sailors assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam prepare to receive a mooring line from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181). JS Hyuga participated in the multilateral exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 in San Diego. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise led by U.S. 3rd Fleet and the I Marine Expeditionary Force to test participants in the planning and execution of amphibious operations through a series of live training events. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Michael Ray/Released)

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PEARL HARBOR (Sept. 23, 2015) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDH 178) pulls pier-side into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after completion of multilateral exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeff Troutman/Released)

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FORBIN said:

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Deino said:

Any news on the ATD-X-'s maiden flight !?? ... wasn't it planned for August ?

The latest images I know are these ones ...

Deino

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Jane's 360 said:

Japan's Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X (ATD-X) fighter test platform will not fly until at least late 2015 due to issues with the software that controls automatic engine restarts, according to officials at the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The first test flight was scheduled to take place before the end of the current financial year, but the problems affecting the engine control unit (ECU) will require several months to resolve, the officials said.

The ECU is a critical safety and power management system that automatically reactivates an engine if it shuts down in flight.

MoD officials said that the current issue is a software fault. Rather than using existing off-the-shelf systems, much of the technology installed in the ATD-X was developed especially for the project and so solutions

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Jeff Head said:

Deino, I read some time ago that they had software problems and announced that the first flight would not be until late 2015:

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I am not sure what the current schedule is.

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SamuraiBlue said:

It was announce that she will make her maiden flight in September and I have been waiting anxiously for the news. I believe they are waiting for the weather to clear up with all the typhoons passing this month.

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SamuraiBlue said:

It was announce that she will make her maiden flight in September and I have been waiting anxiously for the news. I believe they are waiting for the weather to clear up with all the typhoons passing this month.

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antiterror13 said:

great news.
It seems the plane is quite small, smaller than J-31?

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FORBIN said:

Normaly he get internal weapons bays ( South Korean KFX don't have ) ?

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ATD-X is a technology demonstrator aircraft designed specifically for the task, and is not meant to actually be a combat aircraft, from what I understand.

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