Japan Bonding Tech Would Cut Fighter Weight

TOKYO—Japan’s defense ministry and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are working on bonding technology that would largely eliminate fasteners from aircraft structures and thereby greatly cut weight. The work is part of research for a possible indigenous or internationally developed aircraft to meet...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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