Tokyo has reaffirmed its plan for a 2014 first flight of its experimental Mitsubishi ATD-X Shinshin stealth demonstrator, while it also considers three fighters for its F-X requirement. "The first ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) announced that a prototype of Tokyo’s first indigenously-designed fifth-generation air superiority fighter, the ...

A leaked image may show the famous Mitsubishi’s ATD-X Shinshin stealth fighter. An image appeared on some Chinese forums, may show the first prototype of the Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X (ATD-X) ...

Here are some great new images of Japan's entry in the Great Asian Stealth Fighter Race; the ATD-X air superiority fighter. These shots show a mock-up of Mitsubishi's design for the jet which it hopes ...

Japan may be on track to develop a turbofan engine for a scaled-up fighter variant of the ATD-X Shinshin advanced technology demonstrator, scheduled to fly in 2013. A new engine uprated to 10 tons of ...

Static strength testing of the airframe of Japan's ATD-X stealth-fighter technology demonstrator has begun, says the Defense Ministry's Technology Development & Research Institute. The ATD-X, which is ...

The Mitsubishi ATD-X fighter technology demonstrator could conduct its maiden flight in February, following a media rollout in Japan on 29 January. The rollout offered reporters unprecdented access to ...

Japan is preparing to test its first ever domestically built stealth fighter jet, Chinese and Taiwanese media are reporting. “The highly anticipated F-3, Japan’s first domestically-made stealth jet, ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ experimental fifth-generation fighter technology demonstrator X-2 “Shinshin” (formerly the ATD-X) will make its maiden flight in late April, according to sources within ...