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Kawasaki Heavy to form technical tie-up with Airbus for defense drones, Nikkei reports

TOKYO, June 26 : Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries will form a technical tie-up with Airbus Defence and Space for defence drones, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.The deal marks the first time a Japanese heavy industry firm has partnered with a foreign major on defense drones, the paper said.

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Airbus signed a preliminary agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to cooperate in the possible development of a Japanese variant of a European military drone, informed the aerospace manufacturer on Friday (26). The agreement proposed in the memorandum of understanding, initially announced by the economic newspaper Nikkei, would allow Japan to develop a version for maritime anti-submarine war of the Eurodrone program, valued at 7 billion euros…

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Both companies have signed a memorandum of understanding Airbus negotiates with Defensa new contracts that will bring more workload to Seville

Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kawasaki Heavy Industries. According to the MoU, Airbus, in collaboration with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, will analyze the opportunities to work on a Japanese variant for the anti-submersible war of the U950 Eurodron , the first remote pilot aircraft system (RPAS) of large size and long autonomy in Europe....

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Channel News Asia broke the news in Singapore, Singapore on Friday, June 26, 2026.
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