Japan's first Osprey is being tested

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At Bell Helicopter Amarillo Assembly Center, an American Bell Helicopter company in Texas, ground-based tests began on the first Bell Boeing V-22B Osprey convertible landing plane built for the Army aviation Japan's land forces reports bmpd with reference to the resource The Aviationist.



This is the first Osprey, made for export. flight tests of the machine should begin next week.

The Japanese government has decided to acquire the X-NUMX convertible V-17 Osprey for army aviation in November 22. The total estimated value of the supply was declared in $ 2014 billion.

According to the resource, "Japan-acquired convertoplanes, denoted V-22B Block C, are export analogues of the MV-22B transport assault vehicles supplied by the US Marine Corps."

In 2015, Tokyo approved the purchase of the first five convertaplanes. Their cost was about $ 332 million.

According to the information, V-22V Osprey will be part of a new aviation unit, planned to be based at Saga-Kyushu airfield. Convertible planes are planned to be used primarily for interaction with the separate infantry regiment of the Western Army stationed in Sasebo (in fact, it is a division of the Marine Corps, on the basis of which it is planned to deploy an "Amphibious Rapid Reaction Brigade").
  • Paul Lawrence Braymen (via theaviationist.com
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  1. 0
    28 August 2017 11: 47
    Japanese authorities have banned flights.
  2. 0
    28 August 2017 11: 49
    And why only for the army? Yapi was built by good helicopter carriers recently. Or are they too large in mass and size?
    1. +1
      28 August 2017 12: 30
      It is quite normal. The American marines are their
      they use it with might and main on their helicopter carriers.
      1. 0
        28 August 2017 12: 35
        The American is larger and the hangar deck is roomier.
  3. +2
    28 August 2017 12: 05
    I hope it will not reach the Kuril Islands
    1. +1
      28 August 2017 15: 14
      Quote: novel xnumx
      I hope it will not reach the Kuril Islands

      Yes The DPRK air defense smiled ...
  4. +1
    28 August 2017 12: 10
    To understand the cost of an hour of flight of this pepelats:

    B-2 did not enter. Maybe only it is more expensive ...
    1. 0
      28 August 2017 12: 33
      Do you have similar statistics for our aircraft?
      1. 0
        28 August 2017 16: 48
        According to media reports, the cost of an Su-27 hour is about 10 kilobaks, Tu-160-580 thousand rubles.
        It is necessary to search separately. Laziness.
    2. 0
      29 August 2017 20: 05
      It is incorrect to compare the military transport tiltrotor and drones, and especially helicopters and fighters. No, I agree that there are a lot of stocks in the osprey, and the cost of maintenance is one of them, but the reason is known, this is the layout of the engine. But all the same, you need to compare with analogues on the tasks performed.

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