The Kugisho B3Y, or Navy Type 92 Carrier Attack Bomber, also popularly titled Yokosuka B3Y, was a Japanese carrier-based torpedo bomber of the 1930s. It was designed by the Naval Air Technical Arsenal at Yokosuka, and while unimpressive during testing, it was ordered into service by the Imperial Japanese Navy and used until replaced by more ...

Kugisho engineers developed an improved trainer, the two-seat MXY7 K-2 Ohka 43B, when they substituted a second cockpit for the warhead/ballast compartment. They gave the aircraft a landing skid, flaps, and a single rocket motor of the type used in early versions of the Ohka 11.

The Yokosuka P1Y Ginga (銀河, "Galaxy") is a twin-engine, land-based bomber developed for the Japanese Imperial Navy in World War II. It was the successor to the Mitsubishi G4M and given the Allied reporting name Frances.

The First Naval Air Technical Arsenal (abbreviated Kugisho in Japanese) at Yokosuka responded in a few weeks with the MXY7 Ohka 11. This single-seat, flying bomb packed a large warhead in the nose and employed three small rocket engines mounted in the tail to extend its range.

The Yokosuka R2Y Keiun (景雲 - "Cirrus Cloud") was a prototype reconnaissance aircraft built in Japan late in World War II. Commissioned for the Imperial Japanese Navy, after the R1Y design was cancelled due to its disappointing performance estimates, the R2Y used coupled engines driving a single propeller and also featured a tricycle undercarriage.

Built by Kugisho the MXY7 Model 22 Ohka was powered by three Ishikawajima Tsu-11 Tsu-11 "Campini" motor jet engines. A total of fifty were manufactured armed with a 1,323 pound warhead before production shifted to underground factories.

The Naval Air Technical Arsenal, Kugisho, designed and manufactured the Ne-20 for Japan's first jet aircraft capable of taking off under its own power, the Nakajima Kikka (Orange Blossom). The project was a hurried response to Japan's loss of air superiority at …

Kugisho P1Y1-C Ginga, IJAAF. The Yokosuka P1Y Ginga (銀河, "Galaxy") is a twin-engine, land-based bomber developedfor the Japanese Imperial Navy in World War II. It was the successor to theMitsubishi G4M and given the Allied reporting name "Frances".

Dec 11, 2012 · Late in 1938, the Heinkel He 119 experimental high-speed reconnaissance aircraft was shown to a Japanese Naval delegation visiting Germany. The Japanese liked the speed and range of the He 119, and overall, were impressed by the aircraft.