page_title: Kawasaki Aerospace Company
section_title: Main products
hierarchical_section_title: Kawasaki Aerospace Company / Main products
caption_attribution_description: MBB/Kawasaki BK.117C of the Japanese Police at Nagoya Komaki-NKM, Japan, 15/09/16.
context_page_description: Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerospace Company is the aerospace division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. It produces aircraft, space systems, simulators, jet engines, missiles, and electronic equipment.
  During the 1930s and 1940s, Kawasaki Aircraft Industries developed numerous types of aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army, such as the Type 88 reconnaissance aircraft, the Ki-48 Sokei bomber, and the Ka 61 Hien fighter, up until the end of the Second World War. Shortly after the occupation of Japan started in 1945, Japan's aviation industry was intentionally dismantled and aircraft factories converted for other purposes; the ban on aircraft development was lifted during March 1954, allowing for the nation's aviation industry to be revived. During 1969, Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo KK was restructured as a formal subsidiary of KHI.
  Throughout the postwar era, the company has produced numerous aircraft under license from various overseas manufacturers for Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces, alongside its own designs. Licensed aircraft have included the P-2J, KH-4 helicopters, Kawasaki KV-107 helicopters, and CH-47J / JA heavy-lift helicopters.
context_section_description: Aircraft
  Kawasaki C-1 - twin-turbofan military transport
  Kawasaki C-2 - advanced military transport
  Kawasaki KAT-1 - primary training aircraft
  Kawasaki KH-4 - light utility helicopter
  Kawasaki OH-1 - light reconnaissance helicopter
  OH-6 Cayuse light reconnaissance helicopter
  Kawasaki P-1 - advanced maritime patrol aircraft
  Kawasaki P-2J - maritime patrol aircraft
  Kawasaki T-4 - intermediate jet trainer
  Kawasaki YPX  - proposed airliner
  MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 - utility, transport helicopter
  Space systems
  Simulators
  Jet engines
  Missiles
  Type 64 MAT - anti-tank missile
  Type 79 Jyu-MAT - anti-tank/landing-craft missile
  Type 87 Chu-MAT - anti-tank missile
  Type 96 Multi-Purpose Missile System - anti-tank/landing-craft missile
  Type 01 LMAT - anti-tank missile
  Middle range Multi-Purpose missile
  Electronic equipment
  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  Kawasaki KAQ-1 - aerial target drone
caption: BK 117 helicopter
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