Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has signed a contract with the Taiwan-based Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) under which the latter will design and manufacture slats, flaps, belly fairings, rudders and elevators for the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet).
Commenting on the arrangement, AIDC president Shiah Yeau-Yi said, “We are honoured to be a partner on the MRJ project and to be able to participate in producing the MRJ. Producing technologically advanced materials requires working with superior business partners. As such, we are fully committed to making this into a model project that will meet the world’s demand in structural aircraft parts and do so in a timely fashion.”
“With the participation of AIDC, we have just about assembled all of our primary partners required for development and production of the MRJ,” noted Mitsubishi Aircraft president Nobuo Toda.
The DoD has changed its structures and is been increasing efforts to facilitate access to loans by companies interested in working with artificial intelligence, advanced materials and semiconductors, biotechnology and quantum science.
India has approved millions of dollars in new military purchases, most of which will go to public sector companies.
The main obstacles to overcoming risks in the region are a lack of a strong cybersecurity culture and inadequate funds to invest in this domain given a widespread Chinese presence in the region.
MBDA is adapting to supply chain pressures as the Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to increased demand for armaments.
Despite the additional funding promised this week, the UK armed forces still look set to face cutbacks, and maintaining international commitments to AUKUS and GCAP may limit the options for other programmes.
This week on the Shephard Defence Podcast, senior naval reporter Harry Lye and military training & simulation reporter Norbert Neumann chat with Professor John Louth.
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