On April 13, 2018, Swift Engineering a San Clemente, California based innovation company joint ventured (60% ownership) with 'work-ready' professional IT personnel Graduate school Kobe Institute of Computing based in Kobe. Swift Engineering has a 35-year history of design, engineering, and building heritage in intelligent systems and advanced vehicles, including autonomous systems, helicopters, submarines, spacecraft, ground vehicles, robotics, and advanced composites headquartered in California. The parent company of Swift is "Matsushita International Corp" owned by Hiro Matsushita. 