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Japan: Ministry of Defence requests funding for evaluation of Osprey airplane-helicopter hybrid

Tokyo, Japan - Cost will be the most important aspect

According to the Japanese press agency "Kyodo News Service", the Ministry of Defence of the Asian country included in its budget submission for 2013 a request for funding a feasibility study regarding the incorporation of the MV-22 Osprey airplane-helicopter hybrid into its Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF). The request of the Ministry comes after several months in which the tilt-rotor has been...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1148605
Rome, Italy, 01/02/2013 12:30
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