SEATTLE - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp has opened, and begun full operations with, an engineering and development center in Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Engineering Center (SEC) is part of the company's U.S. subsidiary, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp America Inc. The firm said that the opening of the center will enable it to accelerate the development of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ).
The SEC will work with the aerospace engineering firm AeroTEC in order to accelerate the MRJ's conformity activities and provide prompt support for flight tests in the U.S. The latter are scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2016 at the Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake in Washington. The SEC will have approximately 150 personnel, including some 100 engineers recruited mainly in Seattle and about 50 engineers from Japan.
"From the components that are being provided by our suppliers to the team that will be in the air and on the ground in Moses Lake once flight testing begins to the scores of engineers working in this new Seattle office, the MRJ will have a profound impact on the economy of Washington State," said Washington Governor Jay Inslee. "We look forward to continuing our support for the MRJ and seeing how our relationship with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp can grow even further."
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