, abbreviated MITAC, is a Japanese company that develops, produces, sells and supports the

Mitsubishi SpaceJet The Mitsubishi SpaceJet (, originally named ''Mitsubishi Regional Jet'') is a regional jet developed by Japanese company Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC), a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) subsidiary. The airframe is made mainly in alu ...

(formerly MRJ) passenger airliners. The manufacturing of the aircraft is carried out by parent company

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(MHI).

Overview

MITAC was established on 1 April 2008. MHI has a controlling 64% of the shares of the company, while

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and

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each owns 10% of the shares; other shareholders include Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsui & Co. MITAC is headquartered at

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, adjacent to the MRJ production facilities. It has branch offices in

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and

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, which are co-located with MHI offices. MITAC has overseas subsidiaries based in

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and in Renton, Washington. CEO Teruaki Kawai has indicated that the company will not produce aircraft larger than the MRJ, as MHI is a major supplier to

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(including manufacturing wings for the

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), and the group generally lacks the capability to compete with

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and Boeing. JA21MJ TAXI TEST

Following

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's divestment of its

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and

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programmes, on 25 June 2019, MHI announced the acquisition of Bombardier's CRJ programme, in a deal expected to close in the first half of 2020, subject to regulatory approval. MHI will benefit from Bombardier's global expertise in areas ranging from engineering and certification to customer relations and support, boosting its SpaceJet programme, and potentially enabling the SpaceJet to be produced in North America. The deal includes two service centres in Canada and two in the US, as well as the type certificates for the CRJ. Bombardier will retain its assembly facility at Mirabel, near

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, Canada, and will continue to produce the CRJ on behalf of MHI until the current order backlog is complete. In September 2019, MITAC announced the creation of the "SpaceJet Montreal Centre" in the

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suburb of Montreal, initially employing around 100 staff to participate in Spacejet M90 certification and entry-into-service activities. Flight testing was being conducted from a site in

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, in partnership with AeroTEC, before being stopped in May 2020 as a result of budget cuts in light of the

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, with uncertainty about whether testing will eventually resume.

Products

(MRJ)

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