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Toshiba seeks 9.3 bil. yen from Defense Ministry over F-15 modifying
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toshiba Corp. has filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court seeking 9.3 billion yen from the Defense Ministry over the ministry's cancellation of contracts to remodel F-15 fighters into reconnaissance planes, sources close to the matter said Monday.
According to the ministry, it concluded the contracts worth a total 12.3 billion yen in fiscal 2007-2009 with Toshiba to install casing underneath F-15 fighters to house cameras for taking optical and infrared pictures and sending data to the ground.
The payment of 9.3 billion yen sought by Toshiba is the value of contracts for the casing and systems for sending and receiving data.
Toshiba asked the ministry to approve postponing the delivery from autumn of 2010 to spring of 2012, but the ministry canceled the contracts in March this year and sought 1.2 billion yen in damages for the breach of contracts.
Toshiba rejected the payment and filed the lawsuit against the ministry in July.
While the ministry said it could not pay for products which have not been delivered, Toshiba said the ministry's cancellation of the contracts was unjustified as the tanks must attain performance not specified in the contract.
(Mainichi Japan) October 31, 2011
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