Originally Posted by
AlwaysAisle
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry has announced that Mitsubishi Space Jet program will be temporary suspended. The press release used the term 「凍結」(touketsu), where project has been temporary suspended or the project has been frozen, did not mention that the program has been terminated. But after temporary suspension of the development program of Mitsubishi Space Jet program many doubt the possibility of the program resuming in future.
This is too bad. Had been looking forward to this plane rolling out for a long time. To know that this plane may never come to fruition is a real bummer.
I remember talking to a former Boeing guy who was a consultant to this project and him talking about various frustrations related to company culture.