Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)
As the pioneer of Japan's aerospace fields, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) conducts research and development utilizing the state-of-the-art technology, and can boast of ample achievements both inside and outside of this country. Ever since the development of the YS-11, Japan's civil aircraft, the aircraft·helicopter department has accumulated various achievements in the development·production for the Japan Defense Agency and for civil aircraft, and recently, in September 2000, MHI delivered to the Japan Defense Agency the first model of the F-2 support fighter, a joint project of Japan and the U.S., which is core to Japan's self-defense.
