Mitsubishi Scuttles the SpaceJet
Four of Mitsubishi Aircraft’s SpaceJets — initially known as the MRJ, or Mitsubishi Regional Jet — parked on the ramp of the Grant County International Airport in May 2020 during the test flight of MagniX’s all-electric Cessna Caravan. In early February, Mitsubishi Aircraft parent company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced it was ending development of the SpaceJet, citing both the complexity of the program and its cost.
Charles H. Featherstone
TOKYO — Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced in February that it is ending its development of the SpaceJet regional jetliner and last week scuttled at least one of the planes housed in Moses Lake.
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