Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Japanese multinational corporation
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| April 12 2025 | A Mitsubishi MU-2B crashed near Copake, New York, with no survivors. The victims included Karenna Groff (2022 NCAA woman of the year), her parents Dr. Michael Groff and Dr. Joy Saini, her brother Jared Groff, Alexia Couyutas Duarte, and James Santoro. |
| February 26 2025 | MHI reported plans to expand Australian operations to secure potential contracts for the Mogami-class ships to enter Australian service. |
| June 2024 | Announced it will cease newspaper rotary printing press production due to declining demand. |
| 2023 | Projected service entry for the M100 variant, pushed back one year from the previous MRJ70 timeline. |
| 2023 | At the LIMA 2023 convention, MHI unveiled the Multi-Role Support Ship concept. |
| March 8 2023 | A second Spacejet prototype, registered as JA21MJ, was dismantled, further signaling the end of the aircraft development program. |
| February 6 2023 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries officially terminated the Spacejet project, citing uncertainty in the regional jet market. The company also announced plans to dissolve its Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation subsidiary during its financial report. |
| 2022 | Expected type certificate receipt for the Space Jet M100, with Mitsubishi envisioning U.S. production. |
| April 28 2022 | Yale University research identified MHI as a company 'defying demands for exit/reduction of activities' during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, refusing to withdraw from the Russian market. |
| April 17 2022 | The third MRJ prototype (previously registered as JA23MJ) was dismantled, marking a significant step in the discontinuation of the Spacejet project. |
| January 2022 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi FBR Systems sign a Memorandum of Understanding with TerraPower to cooperate on sodium-cooled fast reactor development, with TerraPower set to acquire Japanese know-how and test facilities. |
| January 17 2022 | MHI successfully conducted the first sea voyage of an unmanned, fully autonomous vessel called Soleil, sailing 240 kilometres from Shinmoji to Iyonada Sea over seven hours at a maximum speed of 26 knots. |
| October 2021 | Mitsubishi confirmed to the Federal Aviation Administration that it had no plans to restart development and production of the SpaceJet in the foreseeable future, effectively terminating the program. |
| April 2021 | Mitsubishi Aircraft dramatically reduced its workforce, slashing 95% of employees and leaving only 150 staff members. |
| April 2021 | Two F-2 jets (an F-2A and an F-2B) experienced a minor mid-air collision over Yamaguchi Prefecture. Both aircraft safely landed with no reported injuries and minimal damage. |
| February 2021 | Sold its machine tools business MHI Machine Tool Co. to Nidec. |
| January 2021 | The G4M1 Model 11 (Serial #2806) was put on display at Markwarth Collection / Solomon Islands War Museum with a tail section attached. |
| 2020 | Projected debut of the SpaceJet M90, with program costs expected to reach ¥800 billion. |
| 2020 | MHI acquired 2.5% of Vestas by transferring its 50% stake in MHI Vestas to Vestas and receiving 5 million new Vestas shares. |
| 2020 | MHI acquired Hitachi's gas turbine business unit after forming a joint venture between the two companies. |
| 2020 | Due to continuous delays and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the aviation industry, MHI decided to halt the SpaceJet project. |
| June 2020 | MHI entered talks with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding to acquire their naval and patrol ship business, with the goal of strengthening MHI's defense sector. |
| May 2020 | Mitsubishi halved the budget of the SpaceJet program for the year ending 31 March 2021, confirming commitment to the M90 version while reconsidering the M100 version due to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on aviation. |
| May 2020 | MHI confirmed that all conditions for the Bombardier CRJ programme acquisition had been met, with the transaction to be closed on 1 June. |
| March 18 2020 | The SpaceJet M90 in its final configuration completed its first flight before joining the test fleet in Moses Lake. |
| January 2020 | The nuclear power plant project in Sinop, Turkey, was officially scrapped after doubts about its feasibility. |
| December 24 2019 | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding delivered its first fuel gas supply system for a marine LNG engine. |
| October 31 2019 | Trans States Holdings cancelled its order for 100 MRJ90s due to non-compliance with US airlines' scope clauses. |
| September 5 2019 | US regional carrier Mesa Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding for up to 100 SpaceJet M100s, with 50 firm orders and 50 purchase rights, targeting deliveries in 2024. |
| August 2019 | The French ASTRID demonstration sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor project is cancelled. |
| June 2019 | Mitsubishi planned to unveil a reworked MRJ70 variant (to be called Space Jet M100) at the Paris Air Show, designed to meet U.S. regional carrier scope clause requirements with 76 seats and a three-class configuration. |
| June 2019 | Mitsubishi rebranded the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program as the SpaceJet, signaling a new phase in the project's branding and marketing strategy. |
| June 25 2019 | MHI announced the acquisition of Bombardier Aviation's CRJ programme, with the intention to close the deal in the first half of 2020. |
| June 19 2019 | Mitsubishi signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an unnamed American customer for 15 SpaceJet M100 variants, with planned deliveries from 2024. |
| February 20 2019 | An F-2B fighter jet crashed during a training flight over the Sea of Japan. Both the flight instructor and pilot survived the accident. |
| 2018 | The acquired Areva nuclear reactor business entity was named Framatome. |
| November 28 2018 | The South Korea Supreme Court ordered MHI to pay 150 million won in compensation to 10 surviving Koreans and 18 family members of victims of forced labor during the Japanese occupation of Korea. |
| August 2018 | Two G4M1 aircraft (Serial #1800 and #2806) were recovered from Ballale Island in the Solomon Islands by a 'foreign salvager'. |
| January 1 2018 | Creation of two new subsidiaries: Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (focusing on ships requiring advanced technologies) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Structure Co., Ltd. (manufacturing large ships and marine structures). |
| 2017 | MHI acquired a 19% stake in the new entity inheriting Areva's nuclear reactor business. |
| 2017 | Exited the high-speed train business after struggling with development costs of the Mitsubishi SpaceJet. |
| December 1 2017 | MHI announced plans to launch two new wholly owned companies in its shipbuilding business, to be implemented on January 1, 2018. |
| September 6 2017 | Flight testing resumes after the temporary grounding. |
| August 21 2017 | Flight test aircraft FTA-2 experiences a flameout west of Portland International and lands. The test fleet is temporarily grounded pending investigation. |
| May 21 2017 | Iran cancelled its plans to buy Mitsubishi's Regional Jet (MRJ), citing inability to set a delivery timeline and lack of testing. |
| March 2017 | The flight certification program is extended from 2,500 to 3,000 flying hours. |
| January 2017 | Mitsubishi announces a further two-year delay, pushing the expected first delivery to mid-2020, primarily due to avionics bay and wiring loom modifications. |
| 2016 | Repair work at Matsushima Air Base was completed, allowing the 21st Fighter Squadron to return to the base. |
| 2016 | Japanese fast reactor development halts following government decision to decommission the Monju Nuclear Power Plant due to technical problems including sodium leakage. |
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