It turned out that the flight test base of the domestic jet airliner "Mitsubishi SpaceJet" in the western United States was closed at the end of last month (Matsu).
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says that it is a response while the development system is being reduced.
Regarding the domestic jet airliner "Mitsubishi SpaceJet", the parent company of Mitsubishi Aircraft, which is in charge of development, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., said in October that the demand would not recover due to the influence of the new coronavirus, so the development cost was significantly increased. It is announced that it will be reduced to.
According to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the Moses Lake Flight Test Center, a flight test base in Washington State, western United States, was closed at the end of last month.
This base was set up for flight tests to obtain a "type certificate" that proves the safety of the aircraft, but since April last year it has been suspended and there are four people in charge. I was in charge of maintenance of the testing machine.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said that it was a response while the development system was being reduced, and with this closure, all the bases for "SpaceJet" development in the United States have disappeared.