The contracts, which also include airborne electronics and ground-based support equipment, follow an initial contract awarded in October 2011 for Northrop Grumman to deliver Japan's first AQS-24A.
The JMSDF will use all four complete AQS-24A airborne mine hunting sonar systems on its new MCH-101 helicopters, according to the company statement.
The AQS-24A is a high speed mine-hunting system that is primarily towed from the MH-53E helicopter, but has been easily adapted to the JMSDF version of the EH-101 aircraft.
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