Subaru Corporation has completed the maiden flight of the new utility helicopter (UH-2) for Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) at its Aerospace Company Utsunomiya Plant, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
The helicopter, flown by Subaru’s flight crew, took off from the Utsunomiya Airfield and landed safely after its 30-minute flight.
Subaru has developed the new utility helicopter (UH-2) leveraging the Subaru Bell 412EPX as the platform that has been jointly developed with Bell, a Textron Inc. company.
The helicopter will be delivered to JGSDF after the completion of a series of flight tests by Subaru.
This press release was prepared and distributed by Subaru Corporation.
