Mitsubishi Spacejet

By Alex Derber
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries outlined its intentions to focus on MRO support in 2020.
Services & Support

By Jens Flottau
The loss to Japanese industry and government is more than just the $7 billion funneled into the ill-fated SpaceJet program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Mitsubishi Heavy attributed the failure of the SpaceJet to an insufficient initial understanding of the highly complex certification process for airliners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The move, if confirmed, comes as little surprise following Mitsubishi’s late 2020 decision to freeze work on the loss-making program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The suspension of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) SpaceJet regional jet program helped the company’s aerospace division return to profit in the first quarter of fiscal 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) wants to move some employees from its suspended SpaceJet program to defense activities, as part of a wider intention to apply skills from the civil aeronautics business to the rest of the group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has suspended development of the SpaceJet for more than three years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
The Mitsubishi Aircraft SpaceJet regional jet program is focusing on reviewing flight-test data to prepare for an eventual return to flight. Planned
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Aircraft confirmed its commitment to achieving certification for the first SpaceJet version but indicated no immediate return to flight testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Bradley Perrett, Jens Flottau
The drive to develop Japan’s first commercial aircraft since 1974 hits another stumbling block as flight tests are halted and production is shut down. Aviation Week editors discuss whether the regional jet program will survive—and whether its troubles will benefit Embraer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Judging the outlook for the Mitsubishi Aircraft SpaceJet program is not easy, not least because the company itself is unsure of what it will do.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
The company said it must first meet cost targets and then work out a plan to get a type certificate. Only after the regional jet is declared airworthy will the resumption of manufacturing be considered.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Aircraft is mothballing its SpaceJet flight testing operation in the U.S., consolidating operations in Nagoya, Japan, and closing all offices elsewhere, a spokesperson for the company said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has suspended development of the M100 version of the SpaceJet regional jet as one measure in stanching the cash bleed from the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Aircraft is maintaining flight testing of a SpaceJet prototype at its Nagoya, Japan headquarters as pandemic-control measures prevent activity at its U.S. test base.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Aircraft on Mar. 18 conducted the first flight of the first SpaceJet prototype that conforms to the new, certifiable design of the regional jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
The first Pratt & Whitney PW1200G engine to be assembled in Japan has been flown, installed in a Mitsubishi Aircraft SpaceJet prototype, the airframe company said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
SYDNEY—Mitsubishi Aircraft has deferred first delivery of the SpaceJet by at least nine months—from mid-2020 until no earlier than the fiscal year
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Aircraft denies reports that it has already decided to further extend the development schedule of the SpaceJet regional airliner, saying the matter is still being evaluated.
Air Transport