Kawasaki Heavy to form technical tie-up with Airbus for defense drones, Nikkei reports
26/06/2026 08:06
Kawasaki Heavy to form technical tie-up with Airbus for defense drones, Nikkei reports TOKYO, June 26 (Reuters) - Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries 7012.T will form a technical tie-up with Airbus Defence and Space for defence drones, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.
The deal marks the first time a Japanese heavy industry firm has partnered with a foreign major on defense drones, the paper said.
Kawasaki is expected to provide anti-submarine warfare systems for the Eurodrone project, with plans to jointly propose the product to Japan's defense ministry, the Nikkei said.
Eurodrone is a four-nation development programme of Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
(Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama and Kantaro Komiya, Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
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