Mitsubishi Heavy Industries : Regarding media reports about the delivery schedule of the Mitsubishi SpaceJet Family
January 27, 2020 at 10:49 am
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We understand there have been media reports regarding changes in the delivery schedule of the SpaceJet, an aircraft under development by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
Neither MHI nor Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has made announcements to that effect. MHI Group is continuing efforts to obtain type certification and has just added a flight test aircraft with the latest in design specifications to its fleet. Currently, ground tests are being conducted at Nagoya Airport, and preparations are underway for the first flight. If relevant information regarding the SpaceJet program necessitates disclosure, it will be done so in a timely manner by the aforementioned parties.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a diversified group organized around 4 business segments:
- manufacturing of systems and components for energy production units (42.6% of net sales): offshore wind turbines, pumps, turbochargers, reactors, compressors, aero-engines, gas turbines, nuclear power generators, etc.;
- shipbuilding and industrial construction (41.1%): construction of ships, land transport systems, machinery and industrial installations, environmental systems (industrial wastewater treatment systems, air pollution control units, marine pollution prevention systems, waste incinerators, etc.), handling equipment, machine tools, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, toll systems, etc.;
- construction of avionics, defence and aerospace systems (15.7%);
- other (0.3%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (48.9%), Asia (17.4%), the United States (14.8%), Europe (9.4%), Middle East (2.9%), Central and South America (2.8%), Africa (1.3%) and other (2.5%).