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Support aircraftIn service (36)
Maritime patrol aircraft
Kawasaki P-1 is a maritime patrol aircraft originating in Japan. It was built by Kawasaki Aerospace Company. Reported operators include Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 38 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 38 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Maritime patrol aircraft
Japan
Kawasaki Aerospace Company
In service (36)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
2007–present
2013
28 September 2007
Kawasaki YPX
flight crew: 3 Mission crew: 8
38 m (124 ft 8 in)
35.4 m (116 ft 2 in)
12.1 m (39 ft 8 in)
79,700 kg (175,708 lb)
4 × IHI F7-10 turbofan engines, 60 kN (13,000 lbf) thrust each
996 km/h (619 mph, 538 kn)
833 km/h (518 mph, 450 kn)
8,000 km (5,000 mi, 4,300 nmi)
2,500 km (1,600 mi, 1,300 nmi)
13,520 m (44,360 ft)
8, 2x on each wing and 2x on each wing root. Eight internal bomb bay stations with a capacity of 9,000 kg (19,842 lb) +, with provisions to carry combinations of:
AGM-84 Harpoon ASM-1C AGM-65 Maverick
mines depth charges
MK-46 Type 97 torpedo Type 12 torpedo 30+ pre-loaded sonobuoys , 70+ sonobuoys deployable from inside
Toshiba, Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system
NEC, multi-static sound navigation system sound
SHINKO ELECTRIC CO.LTD., Advanced combat direction system
Kawasaki, data link system
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kawasaki P-1 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for Kawasaki P-1. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): total: 33. Origin: Japan. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.