Arasaka Company and Military Technology are old rivals, especially during the Fourth Corporate War, where contracts from different companies led them to develop new weapons.
Arasaka acquired the world's most advanced aircraft carrier, capable of deploying from Japan to Night City across the Pacific Ocean even as the maritime regions become increasingly dangerous. On the other hand, Military Technology, aside from the rapidly growing mercenaries and single soldier cyborgs, possesses large fighter jets, bombers, and transport planes capable of transoceanic combat.
The development direction of aerial warfare in this world has always focused on small fighter jets. However, after losing to Arasaka, Military Technology conducted a second reform. In this reform, they unprecedentedly proposed a new development direction: