Kawasaki to deliver second C-2 to JASDF next year

At Japan Aerospace exhibition, Kawasaki Heavy Industries told Flight Global that the company will deliver the second C-2 transport plane to Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) in 2017.

JASDF XC-2(18-1202) at Gifu Air Base October 25, 2015 a
By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The company hopes that it can eventually sell between 30-40 aircraft to JASDF to replace the C-1.