MHI makes first shipment of Pratt & Whitney GTF PW1200G engine for SpaceJet

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines has completed its assembly and the first shipment of a Pratt & Whitney GTF PW1200G engine at the MHIAEL facility in Komaki, Japan. The engine was shipped to Mitsubishi Aircraft’s Moses Lake Flight Test Center (MFC) in Moses Lake, Washington. It will then be installed to support on-going aircraft testing of the SpaceJet regional passenger jet being developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. The future approval of the MHIAEL facility would mark the first final assembly line in Japan for the production of commercial airliner jet engines. The program for final assembly and acceptance testing of