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SUBARU / Fuji Heavy Industries

Aircraft and programme links: Fuji / SUBARU FFOS and FFRS, SUBARU ATLA collaborative UAV demonstrator.

Aircraft covered in this library

  • Fuji / SUBARU FFOS and FFRS: reconnaissance aircraft. In service / use documented.
  • SUBARU ATLA collaborative UAV demonstrator: collaborative aircraft. Development / trials.

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Follow the evidence

Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.

  1. Fuji Heavy Industries: first production FFOS flight test, January 2004 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  2. SUBARU: aerospace and unmanned-aircraft programme history (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  3. Japanese House of Representatives: FFOS and FFRS procurement testimony, 2013 (opens in a new tab)Government
  4. SUBARU: experimental aircraft delivered to ATLA, 9 July 2025 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer

Systems & connected topics

Air · Drone / systemJapan

Fuji / SUBARU FFOS and FFRS

Japan's domestically developed helicopter UAV observation and reconnaissance systems, with documented Ground Self-Defense Force procurement and deployment.

In service / use documentedRead