BAE Systems says it is “well placed” to help Tokyo convert Izumo for F-35B operations

Speaking to Flight Global, BAE Systems’ managing director for Asia, Natasha Pheiffer, says her company is “well placed” to help Japan convert the Izumo-class helicopter destroyer for operating the F-35B.

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Kaijō Jieitai (海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons


Pheiffer says experience that BAE gain from working in the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier is handy.

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