The ShinMaywa US-2 is a large Japanese short takeoff and landing amphibious aircraft that employs boundary layer control technology for enhanced STOL and...

ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. (新明和工業株式会社, Shin-Meiwa Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese industrial conglomerate descended from the Kawanishi Aircraft...

Following the withdrawal of the last active US-1A in 2017, the type has been replaced by the ShinMaywa US-2, a modernised variant. Following the end of...

Development of amphibians has continued into the new millennium. The ShinMaywa US-2 was developed in the 2000s in Japan for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense...

included the P3C Orion, Poseidon P8I, Tupolev Tu-142, Kawasaki P-1, ShinMaywa US-2, F/A 18 Super Hornets, Jaguars, Sea Harrier jets and Sea King helicopters...

propellers, including the model R381 on the Saab 2000, R414 on the ShinMaywa US-2, R384 on the IPTN N-250, and R391 on the C-130J military transport and...

the 41 t (90,000 lb) MTOW Beriev Be-200 or the 47.7 t (105,000 lb) ShinMaywa US-2, but lighter than the prototype-only 86 t (190,000 lb) Beriev A-40....

CTP800-4T) (aircraft not built) Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche (canceled) ShinMaywa US-2 (CTS800-4K) - boundary layer compressor drive Sikorsky X2 (T800-LHT-801)...

to the force by the United States Navy in 1956. The US Navy also provided Japan with 60 Grumman S-2 Trackers from 1957.: 5  During the 1980s, the JMSDF's...

November 1955. p. 808. "Performance of the State-of-the-Art US-2: US-2 Specifications". ShinMaywa. Retrieved 21 March 2015. Taylor 1976, p.196. Plane & Pilot...

PS-5 ShinMaywa US-2 "Amphibious aircraft – Status report – Bombardier". Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. "Super Scooper Helps U.S. Forest...

equipment to be exported. As early as 2014, efforts are made to sell the ShinMaywa US-2 military flying boats to India. As of 2021, the deal was stalled due...

Shin Meiwa PS-1 flying boat was designed to meet a Japanese requirement for a new ASW platform. A modernised derivative of the PS-1, the ShinMaywa US-2...

amphibians, such as the Icon A5 and AirMax SeaMax, to the 100,000 lb ShinMaywa US-2 and Beriev Be-200 multi-role amphibians. Examples in between include...

Beriev Be-12 Shin Meiwa US-1A ShinMaywa US-2 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harbin SH-5. Notes "The Shin Meiwa PS-1 / US-1 / US-2 & Harbin SH-5...

enhanced to 9 as per news reports in February 2012. ShinMaywa US−2: Indian Navy intends to acquire 12 US-2 amphibian aircraft for conducting long-range search-and-rescue...

1945, first article on turboprops printed Wikibooks: Jet propulsion "Development of the Turboprop" – a 1950 Flight article on UK and US turboprop engines...

support". Flight Global. "Infinite Possibilities of the US-2; Firefighting Amphibians". ShinMaywa. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved...

Qingting 6 (Japan) Shin Meiwa UF-XS technology demonstrator Shin Meiwa KJT-1 Shin Meiwa Tawron Shin Meiwa PS-1 Shin Meiwa US-1 ShinMaywa US-2 ((Clifford) Shinn...

pp. 84–85. "ShinMaywa delivers first production type of "US-2" STOL Search and Rescue Amphibians to Japan's Ministry of Defense". ShinMaywa. 2009. Archived...

1990, p.259-260 Mikesh, 1990, p.269-270 Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990). Japanese Aircraft, 1910–1941. London, UK: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-840-2....

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Canadair CL-415 ShinMaywa US-2 AVIC AG-600 Related lists List of flying boats and floatplanes ТАНТК...

operation and very low air speeds. Its replacement in the SAR role, the ShinMaywa US-2, uses a similar system for its capability to fly at 50 knots. This feature...

"over the wing blowing", used on the Antonov An-70 and the Shin Meiwa US-1A and ShinMaywa US-2. Powered high-lift systems, such as externally blown flaps...

investigate the direct use of a jet flap for propulsion, while the ShinMaywa US-2 flying boat of 2003 used blown flaps to improve short takeoff and landing...

Profile Publications Ltd., 1972. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kawanishi Aircraft Company. Corporate History of ShinMaywa at shinmaywa.co.jp...

Meiwa US-1 Japan Amphibian Search & rescue 1974 Production 6 Shin Meiwa US-1A Japan Amphibian Search & rescue 1974 Production 14 ShinMaywa US-2 Japan...

JL-9 17 December – SpaceShipOne (first powered flight) 18 December - ShinMaywa US-2 22 December - Mil Mi-38 Beriev Be-103 Bekas ("Snipe") 31 July – Beriev...

by four 9-cylinder Nakajima Hikari 2 with 840 hp. Additionally production: Sixteen H6K2-L unarmed transports Two (2) H6K4-L VIP transports Twenty (20)...

and machinery manufacturing division was subsequently sold to ShinMaywa Industries. On 2 April 2012, divisions (were inherited by subsidiaries) were sold...