ShinMaywa Sees Export Interest In US-2 Firefighting Variant

JMSDF US-2

The JMSDF operates a fleet of seven US-2s. 

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KOBE, Japan—ShinMaywa remains optimistic on the export potential of its US-2 seaplane for parapublic purposes and is also open to a joint development program with another country that would see the amphibian produced en-masse. Katsuo Tanaka, a ShinMaywa managing executive officer and senior chief...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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