Japan Firefighters Orders More AW139s, 16-Oct-17 : Mitsui Bussan Aerospace, Leonardo Japanese distributor, signed AW139 and AW169 contracts with the Tokyo, Shizuoka, Fukushima and Yamaguchi fire agencies
More AW139 for Japan Including First VIP, 08-Mar-17 : Heli-Expo 2017 Leonardo Philadelphia delivered 4 additional AW139 to representative Mitsui Bussan Aerospace to be used by the Tokyo, Sapporo, Mie and Tochigi firefighters and a private owner ordered the first VIP.
Kumamoto Firefighters Orders AS365N3+, 22-Dec-16 : Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan orders an AS365N3+ to replace the current AS365N3 in service. Delivery is scheduled in spring 2018.