Japan X-2 Stealth demonstrator due for maiden flight

[+MigBuster]

Next month, Japan is going to fly their latest fighter, and they’re hoping no one notices. Well, not no one exactly, but as with every stealth fighter, the goal is a visual spectacle and a tiny radar blip. In the works for years, the Mitsubishi Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X, now renamed the X-2, is designed to fit into Japan’s modernizing, staunchier military. Did we mention it’s stealthy?

 

 

http://fightersweep.com/3793/more-on-japans-stealth-fighter/

 

 

 

Edited January 29, 2016 by MigBuster

[Atreides]

Apparently it's a sub scale tech demonstrator.

[+76.IAP-Blackbird]

As I have seen it for the first time, i was not impressed, china seems to be far more ahead... 

 

Lets see how this will develop, still waiting forthe twoseater PAK FA

[+JediMaster]

That's a proof of concept, not a prototype of an operational combat plane. It also has quite a few distinctly un-stealthy features that can't be a mistake.

[+MigBuster]

It moves

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=P93hWtrqim4

[+76.IAP-Blackbird]

its a stealthy Hornet, looks cool in movement!

[+WhiteBoySamurai]

They did the unveiling at Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works, less than an hour from where I live. (But I couldn't get in because I don't have a press pass...)

 

I really like the 3D TVC paddles. A similar design was also used on the X-31 and F-18 HARV super-maneuverability demonstrators. This tells us something about the capabilities they intend for the final product to have.