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April 2003 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • Lockheed Martin Receives Seventh Contract to Provide Components for Japan's F-2 Fighter Lockheed Martin 23 Apr 2003 -- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. received a contract from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on March 31 valued at approximately $160 million to manufacture components for eight additional F-2 production aircraft. MHI is the prime contractor for Japan's new F-2 support fighter, which is currently operational in Japan. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is a business area of Lockheed Martin Corp. [NYSE: LMT].
  • US to Push Inclusion of ROK, Japan in Nuke Talks Korea-net 22 Apr 2003 -- The tripartite meeting between North Korea, China and the United States to discuss the resolution of the North Korean nuclear weapons program will be held in Beijing, China, on April 23 as planned, a senior Foreign Affairs-Trade Ministry official said on Monday (April 21).
  • JAPAN NUCLEAR POWER VOA 15 Apr 2003-- The utility company providing electricity to the Japanese capital is warning that Tokyo faces an acute power shortage following the shutdown of its last nuclear reactor
  • JAPAN / NOKOR ABDUCTEES VOA 14 Apr 2003 -- North Korea and Japan remain deadlocked over the fate of five Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago for espionage training. The five were allowed to visit Japan for the first time six-months ago, but Tokyo refused to let them return and Pyongyang will not let their families travel to Japan.
  • KCNA refutes Japan's sophism about its spy satellites KCNA 08 Apr 2003 -- Director general of the Japan Defense Agency Ishiba at a press conference held at the end of a ministerial meeting on April 1 let loose the sheer sophism that spy satellites launched by Japan are not contrary to the spirit of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration as they are for a peaceful purpose.
  • ATK Propulsion and Composite Technology Supports Launch of Japan's H-IIA Rocket ATK 02 Apr 2003 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE:ATK) said four Solid Strap-on Boosters (SSB) developed and produced by ATK Thiokol Propulsion, Promontory, Utah, supported the launch on March 28 of a National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.
  • GE's T700 Helicopter Engine Ordered For Japan's Apache Attack Helicopters GE Aviation 02 Apr 2003 -- GE Aircraft Engines' (GEAE) T700 helicopter engine will power Japan's new fleet of Apache attack helicopters in an engine order valued at $50 million.



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