Asahi Shimbun revealed that the JGSDF lost one of its ScanEagle UAV in November last year.
“ScanEagle UAV catapult launcher 2005-04-16” by Gunnery Sergeant Shannon Arledge of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing – http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005417115454 [1]. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
The unmanned aircraft suffered an engine failure in flight and the operators were unable to safely recover it.
Insitu Pacific had delivered a system to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in 2013 for operational testing with the JGSDF.
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