by Addison Schonland | Feb 1, 2021 | Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi’s recent aerospace efforts show mixed results. The SpaceJet was fumbled pretty badly and cost the company a lot of money. The program is now in limbo. As a follow up to that program, and as a way to end a lawsuit with Bombardier, Mitsubishi bought the CRJ...
by Richard Schuurman | May 12, 2020 | Mitsubishi
It was hailed at last year’s Paris Airshow as a clean sheet regional aircraft design particularly attractive to the US market, but the future of Mitsubishi’s SpaceJet M100 70-seater is in doubt after Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has suspended development work on the...
by Richard Schuurman | Mar 18, 2020 | Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi performed the maiden flight of the first M90 with all the latest modifications on March 18. It has been a major milestone, as Flight Test Vehicle (FTV) 10 will have a significant role in the certification of the delayed regional jet. JA26MJ took off from...
by Richard Schuurman | Feb 6, 2020 | Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has confirmed on February 6 that the first delivery of the Spacejet M90 to ANA has been delayed until 2021 at the earliest. It is the sixth delay since the program start. While certification of the Spacejet is getting closer as the...
by Ernest Arvai | Nov 18, 2019 | Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi has begun to lose some long-term suppliers for its MRJ program, which began in 2008 and was initially schedule to enter service in 2013. Some six years later, the MRJ program is looking at a sixth potential program delay. Toray, a supplier of carbon fiber...
by Ernest Arvai | Sep 5, 2019 | Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi featured its M100 aircraft and customer support in a press briefing at RAA on September 5th, 2019....
