TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will shut down a flight testing center in the U.S. state of Washington for its SpaceJet program, ending all international operations for building Japan's first homegrown passenger airliner in decades.
Aerospace & Defense Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy to close SpaceJet's US flight testing site
Japanese manufacturer ends overseas operations for shelved plane project
Mitsubishi Heavy used the test center in the U.S. state of Washington to pursue type certification for the jet. (Photo by Koji Uema)
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