Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)

By Matthew Fulco
A perilous threat environment has prompted increased defense spending outside the U.S. and the construction of new multinational supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The lead system integrators in the trinational Global Combat Air Program have agreed to form a joint venture that will go on to produce the future fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale’s Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan approached to within 15 m of an orbiting derelict Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA upper-stage body.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Crucial milestones in the development of the next-generation combat aircraft are imminent.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
UK Defense Secretary John Healey says the British government is fully committed to the Global Combat Air Program despite the upcoming Strategic Defense Review.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
MHIRJ plans to update CRJ family flight manuals with procedures to help mitigate the risk of a problem the aircraft have conducting certain ILS approaches.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
MHI RJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) and Maeve Aerospace are teaming up for the development of Maeve’s planned M80 80-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Japan successfully launched an X-band communications satellite using the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 rocket.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
MHI has begun developing collaborative combat aircraft which it hopes to mass produce by leveraging Mitsubishi's strong automobile industrial capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Industry efforts are underway to address shortfalls in recruiting and training aviation maintenance technicians.
Workforce & Training

By Robert Wall
European satellite operator Eutelsat has signed a first agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to use the Japanese company’s new H3 rocket.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
From trainers to missiles, Japan is putting money behind efforts to build a military with more punch.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The Japanese companies will explore potential collaborations in areas including maintenance, parts supply and refurbishment.
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The company’s Bay of Excellence initiative blends “the Japanese continuous improvement mindset and American and Canadian ingenuity.”
Workforce & Training

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Roberto Cingolani wants his company to play a greater role in the global aerostructures business and shape the development of new-generation combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan and the U.S. are exploring co-production opportunities to address production capacity shortfalls on some key munitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Despite the upcoming UK defense review, Global Combat Air Program industrial partners have been encouraged by ministerial interest in the project at Farnborough.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Industrial partners in the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) are set to display a new model of the latest proposed configuration of the crewed combat aircraft.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
Despite obvious historic parallels with the TSR-2, industry partners are confident they can deliver a new-generation combat aircraft in the mid-2030s.
GASCC & RIAT

By Chen Chuanren
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) believes Japan should hold off on developing a domestically designed commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI Corporation could maintain U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s and Boeing F-15s based in Japan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Aircraft and component OEMs are starting to expand service offerings beyond their own product lines to capture greater market opportunities.
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
In response to growing MRO demand, MHIRJ is launching new initiatives related to supply chain, workforce and artificial intelligence.
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
A year after scrapping the SpaceJet program, Japan is revisiting plans to develop its own airliner—this time powered by hydrogen.
Aircraft & Propulsion