Kawasaki Heavy Industries

The Kawasaki Heavy Industries P-1 is a maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare fixed-wing patrol aircraft in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. More profiles of major military aircraft programs are available to Aviation Week Intelligence Network subscribers at awin.aviationweek.com.

A new defense market reality is emerging in the country as Tokyo seeks to increase its exports.

Drag-reducing wake thruster; superconducting motor for Airbus; autonomy for Anthem flight deck; China’s large tiltrotor.

Spain’s Indra and Navantia have signed an agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to examine the Japanese company’s P-1 maritime patrol aircraft.

VoltAero and Kawasaki Motors have revealed new details about plans to power later versions of the Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled version of its newly developed supercharged aero piston engine family.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) believes Japan should hold off on developing a domestically designed commercial aircraft.

The initial aircraft is planned to launch into a company testing program around the end of this year using only the thermal engine.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) Aerospace Systems Company is hoping to “aggressively” market its self-developed engines overseas.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is set to be the prime contractor for Japan’s hydrogen project, with an engine demonstrator currently in the assembly phase.

Progress on 787 quality problems is challenged by whistleblower claims of long-term fleet safety risks.

Militaries in the region are looking to evolve their attack helicopters.

French startup VoltAero has unveiled a universal mobile charger for its hybrid-electric Cassio 330 and other electric aircraft.

VoltAero's Cassio 330 features a 330 kW electric-parallel hybrid propulsion system built around a Kawasaki piston engine, with an electric motor from Safran.

Startup developing hydrogen-fueled variant of the internal combustion engine.

The MAD-XR’s highly sensitive magnetometer will be installed on board the four-engine P-1s by Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

The agreement starts with Sky2Share acquiring the five-seat Cassio 330.

Kawasaki Motors has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in VoltAero, a hybrid-electric aircraft developer.

The Japanese defense ministry and leading companies in the country are working to lower costs and strengthen the supply chain.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is looking at methods to lower the C-2's production costs, a key concern for potential buyers of the strategic airlifter.

KHI began research and development of its high energy laser in 2018 at the request of the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency.

For now simply known by its project name “New SSM,” the cruise missile was shown publicly for the first time at the DSEI Japan exhibition.