| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will make one | | | | developing a light business jet. Through a |
| step forward to achieve its goal of launching | | | | joint venture with US-based Piper Aircraft, |
| the first passenger jet built in Japan when | | | | the company targets to start production |
| it exposes a carbon copy of the cabin at the | | | | somewhere in the United States in 2010. |
| upcoming Paris Air Show. | | | | |
| | | | Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Electric Corp has built |
| According to a company official, the | | | | the ML520G51 high output red laser diode. It |
| full-size copy will be utilized to evaluate | | | | is asserted to have highest optical output |
| the demand for the small-size passenger | | | | standard all over the world with 150mW at |
| aircraft before the huge Japanese | | | | 640nm, and will be used in mobile projectors, |
| manufacturer decides whether to turn the | | | | laser show devices, and other applications in |
| project into a full commercial venture or | | | | the industrial and medical fields. |
| not. | | | | |
| | | | Extensively used in applications such as |
| At least 70 to 90 people can be accommodated | | | | optical communications and optical disc |
| by the jet which is being developed in lieu | | | | systems like DVD, laser diodes are also noted |
| of the government's project that is the New | | | | suitable for new applications like mobile |
| Energy and Industrial Development | | | | projectors and laser shows. Mitsubishi |
| Organization. The official further said that | | | | Electric produces 660nm high power laser |
| the Mitsubishi Regional Jet would be the | | | | diodes that made them the major supplier of |
| first ever Japanese jet. | | | | high-power red laser diodes for recordable |
| | | | DVD. The human eyes perceive red laser diode |
| The YS-11 is Japan's turboprop plane which | | | | as bright in color. |
| was the only Japanese airliner produced since | | | | |
| World War II. In 1974, its production | | | | Red laser diode has the capability to express |
| stopped. And the official said that the | | | | the deep reds at 640nm. Furthermore, it can |
| Mitsubishi plane would consume almost 20 per | | | | also produce an output of 150mW - considered |
| cent less fuel than existing jets of similar | | | | as the highest output in the world for a |
| size. | | | | 5.6mm diameter TO-CAN. |
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| He added that Mitsubishi plans to acquire | | | | With a wall-plug efficiency of 23 percent, |
| engines from these three options: General | | | | the ML520G51 is capable of producing output |
| Electric, Rolls Royce, or Pratt and Whitney. | | | | of 150mW within -5°C and +45°C. In |
| That is if the project goes ahead. The jet | | | | effect, there is an assured lesser device |
| plane will measure 35.8 meters or 117.5 feet | | | | power consumption and longer usage time with |
| in length, and 10.0 meters or 32.8 feet in | | | | battery-driven mobile devices. |
| height. It will come with a wingspan that | | | | |
| will measure 30.9 meters or 101.4 feet. | | | | About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
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| The company's target is to minimize the | | | | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is one of the |
| negative environmental impacts of the plane | | | | core companies of Mitsubishi. It already has |
| as well as to increase seating comfort | | | | some experience in the aerospace industry |
| through the use of new design methods and | | | | that includes manufacturing wings for |
| materials. Mitsubishi will also utilize | | | | Boeing's next-generation 7E7 Dreamliner jet. |
| technologies that would lessen fuel | | | | It is also in to satellite launch vehicles as |
| consumption and operating costs, and will | | | | well as rocket engines. |
| need another year to decide whether to | | | | |
| commercialize the plane or not. | | | | About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
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| The official said that airliner might be | | | | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a core |
| commercially available by 2012, if the | | | | company of Mitsubishi. Founded on January 15, |
| company decides to proceed. | | | | 1921, it produces electric and architectural |
| | | | equipment and is also a major producer of |
| Another car maker, Honda, is currently | | | | photovoltaic panels around the world. |