The 2012 Mitsubishi F-2 is the single-seat version and F-2B is the two-seat version.The 2012 Mitsubishi F-2 support fighter aircraft is a multi role single engine fighter aircraft principally designed for the Japan Air Self Defence Force the result of a joint Japan and USA development programme. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is the prime contractor and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company serves as the principal US subcontractor.The 2012 Mitsubishi F-2 is a multirole fighter manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, with a 60/40 split in manufacturing between Japan and the USA.The 2012 Mitsubishi F-2 features a new wing of 25 per cent greater-area and co-cured, all-composite construction, with radar absorbent material on the leading edges.The Japanese Defence Agency originally planned to procure a total of 130 2012 Mitsubishi F-2 aircraft 83 single-seat and 47 two-seat aircraft with deliveries to beyond 2010.The 2012 Mitsubishi F-2 programme has suffered long delays, cost escalation and a number of structural problems including wing cracking and severe flutter.
