Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TOKYO1743
2009-07-30 08:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050104138
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UNCLAS TOKYO 001743
SIPDIS
PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: JA
SUBJECT: RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050104138
REF: STATE 068254
UNCLAS TOKYO 001743
SIPDIS
PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: JA
SUBJECT: RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050104138
REF: STATE 068254
1. Masanori (Mac) Matsushita, Aerospace Department Manager at Shintoa Corporation, confirmed the procurement of the United States Munitions List (USML) brush block power harness identified in reftel is for the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) upgrade of the US-1A Search and Rescue Aircraft. Shintoa Corporation is the sales representative for Dowty Propellers in Japan. Matsushita heads a section of twenty staff that mainly deals with the MOD.
2. Matsushita said the transaction is based on a contract signed March 6, 2008 between Shintoa Corporation and the MOD and showed emboffs a copy of the contract. According to Matsushita, the delivery deadline under the contract is January 22, 2010, and Shintoa expects to receive the item around November 2009 from the freight forwarder K-line logistics in the U.K. Shintoa Corporation has a warehouse in the UK as well as in Japan. The item will be transferred to the MOD from the Japan warehouse.
3. Matsushita said the Japanese firm ShinMaywa designed and developed the original US-1A aircraft for the Japan Self Defense Force. The upgraded version of this aircraft is known as the US-1 Kai (Kai is a Japanese word for "improvement"),also known as the US-2. Matsushita noted the JSDF currently has three US-2 in its fleet. Other companies involved in developing and assembling the US-2 include Kawasaki Heavy Industry, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Honeywell.
4. Matsushita said his firm does not have business with Korean Aerospace Industries and to his knowledge Korean Aerospace Industries has no involvement in the upgrade of the US-1A aircraft.
5. Separately, MOD Equipment Policy Division official Kenichiro Teramoto said the intended end-use of the propeller assembly is to install it in the US-2 Search & Rescue Aircraft. The end-user is the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force for this US-2. The USML item is a harness cable to provide electricity to heater inside the propeller. Teramoto also said the procurement is under a contract with a delivery deadline of January 2010.
6. Teramoto said Korean Aerospace Industries has no involvement in the development of the US-2. Teramoto said several companies are involved in the development of the US-1A Kai aircraft, including Shinmaywa, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Marubeni Aerospace (in cooperation with Honeywell of the U.S.).
ZUMWALT
SIPDIS
PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: JA
SUBJECT: RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050104138
REF: STATE 068254
1. Masanori (Mac) Matsushita, Aerospace Department Manager at Shintoa Corporation, confirmed the procurement of the United States Munitions List (USML) brush block power harness identified in reftel is for the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) upgrade of the US-1A Search and Rescue Aircraft. Shintoa Corporation is the sales representative for Dowty Propellers in Japan. Matsushita heads a section of twenty staff that mainly deals with the MOD.
2. Matsushita said the transaction is based on a contract signed March 6, 2008 between Shintoa Corporation and the MOD and showed emboffs a copy of the contract. According to Matsushita, the delivery deadline under the contract is January 22, 2010, and Shintoa expects to receive the item around November 2009 from the freight forwarder K-line logistics in the U.K. Shintoa Corporation has a warehouse in the UK as well as in Japan. The item will be transferred to the MOD from the Japan warehouse.
3. Matsushita said the Japanese firm ShinMaywa designed and developed the original US-1A aircraft for the Japan Self Defense Force. The upgraded version of this aircraft is known as the US-1 Kai (Kai is a Japanese word for "improvement"),also known as the US-2. Matsushita noted the JSDF currently has three US-2 in its fleet. Other companies involved in developing and assembling the US-2 include Kawasaki Heavy Industry, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Honeywell.
4. Matsushita said his firm does not have business with Korean Aerospace Industries and to his knowledge Korean Aerospace Industries has no involvement in the upgrade of the US-1A aircraft.
5. Separately, MOD Equipment Policy Division official Kenichiro Teramoto said the intended end-use of the propeller assembly is to install it in the US-2 Search & Rescue Aircraft. The end-user is the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force for this US-2. The USML item is a harness cable to provide electricity to heater inside the propeller. Teramoto also said the procurement is under a contract with a delivery deadline of January 2010.
6. Teramoto said Korean Aerospace Industries has no involvement in the development of the US-2. Teramoto said several companies are involved in the development of the US-1A Kai aircraft, including Shinmaywa, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Marubeni Aerospace (in cooperation with Honeywell of the U.S.).
ZUMWALT