India looks set to buy US-2 from Japan

India and Japan have reached a broad agreement on a deal for ShinMaywa to supply at least 15 US-2 amphibious planes to India.

The plane will be a civilian version lacking military equipment such as IFF to get around Japan’s arms export ban.

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