Embark on orders of battle satellite in both the public and private sectors.

The 12th, the company Kamakura Works of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Mitsubishi Electric has released to the press a new plant artificial satellite. I take in demand, such as communication satellites to double to eight from four traditional annual production capacity, expanding in emerging markets. Among the government to boost the development of the space industry, NEC also plans to double the production capacity, embark on orders of battle satellite in both the public and private sectors.
Will invest approximately 3 billion yen to build a new plant, Mitsubishi Electric to run from the end of May. Construction adjacent to the existing production building, consolidating in one place the test facilities and production equipment onboard equipment, and it improved the efficiency of production.
On the other hand, NEC also invested approximately 9.6 billion yen, with the aim of starting operations in June next year, and is developing test and assembly plant of satellite Fuchu ground (Fuchu, Tokyo). Production capacity is eight, same with Mitsubishi Electric.
According to Mitsubishi Electric, commercial satellite demand in the world, is expected to to remain on a scale of 30 units per year, the two companies are engaged in a fierce battle orders with overseas leading manufacturers such as Boeing and Lockheed.
It was found that the Okamura-Kamakura Works director of Mitsubishi Electric is the "I want to capture the demand of large satellite overseas", and is considering the development of standard satellite large. Policy in these efforts, from about 70 billion yen in fiscal year 2012, to expand to 150 billion yen to 32 year sales of satellite-related.
January this year, we have established a new space master plan for the next five years to become a pillar of Japan's space policy, in public-private partnerships, the government promote science and technology in Japan and Asian countries. Satellite would be useful to take advantage of a variety of space, but I feel that I want to put the emphasis on and the establishment of marine development and technology manufacturing ship exploration deep sea towards the marine resources development I will.


三菱電機は１２日、神奈川県鎌倉市の同社鎌倉製作所で、人工衛星の新工場を報道陣に公開した。年間生産能力を従来の４基から８基に倍増させ、新興国で拡大する通信衛星などの需要を取り込む。政府が宇宙産業の発展を後押しする中で、ＮＥＣも生産能力の倍増を計画しており、官民挙げて人工衛星の受注合戦に乗り出す。
　三菱電機は新工場建設に約３０億円を投資し、５月下旬から稼働させる。既存の生産棟と隣接して建設、搭載機器の生産設備や試験用施設を１カ所に集約し、生産の効率化を図った。
　一方、ＮＥＣも約９６億円を投じ、来年６月の稼働開始を目指して、府中事業場（東京都府中市）で人工衛星の試験・組立工場の建設を進めている。生産能力は８基で、三菱電機と同じ。
　三菱電機によると、世界の商用衛星需要は、年間３０基の規模で推移すると見込まれ、２社は米ロッキードやボーイングなど海外有力メーカーと激しい受注合戦を繰り広げている。
　三菱電機の岡村・鎌倉製作所所長は「海外の大型衛星の需要を取り込みたい」とし、大型の標準衛星開発を検討していることを明らかにした。こうした取り組みで、衛星関連の売上高を平成２４年度の約７００億円から、３２年度に１５００億円に拡大させる方針。
　政府は今年１月、日本の宇宙政策の柱になる今後５年間の新宇宙基本計画を策定し、官民連携で、アジア諸国などに日本の科学技術を売り込む。宇宙空間の様々な活用に人工衛星は有用でしょうが、海洋資源開発に向けて深海底探査船製造や海洋開発技術の確立などにも力を入れてほしい気がしますね。