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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:30:00 +0900</pubDate>
		
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Ships Fuselage Components for 1,000th Boeing 777]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1112051479.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, December 5, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today shipped components for the 1,000th Boeing 777: the aft fuselage from its Hiroshima Machinery Works, and the tail fuselage and entry doors from its Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works. MHI has achieved this milestone in a span of 18 years since delivery of the first component for the 777 in 1993, and in seven years since shipment for the 500th unit in September 2004 - a track record that indicates the company's sustained high production rate responding to the enormous popularity of the 777.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:30:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Increase Production of Composite-material Wing Boxes]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1111171472.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, November 17, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) is about to introduce a second autoclave into the Fabrication Factory at its Oye Plant of the company's Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, for use in forming the shape of composite-material wing boxes for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the next-generation super-efficient mid-size airplane. The second autoclave, which is being installed in response to Boeing's plans to boost production of the 787, is the same type as the first - one of the world's largest - in operation at the factory since 2006. The autoclave performs curing and shape forming of the composite-material prepregs that are layered into the shape of a wing box under high temperature and high pressure.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:30:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Participate in International Collaboration Program to Develop]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1109281454.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, September 28, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will participate in the development of PW1100G-JM, a next-generation engine for the A320neo, a single-aisle aircraft which Airbus is developing with the aim of entering into service from 2015. MHI's participation is based on an agreement between Japan Aero Engines Corporation (JAEC)* together with Pratt & Whitney (P&W), a division of United Technologies Corporation of the U.S., and MTU Aero Engines Holding AG(MTU) of Germany, which signed on September 16, to jointly develop the PW1100G-JM engine. MHI will be responsible for the combustors and diffuser cases which accounts for about 2.3% of the program.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:40:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Commences Mitsubishi Regional Jet Assembly Work]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/110405en.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo and Nagoya, April 5, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation have jointly announced the commencement today by MHI of assembly work on the next-generation Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ). Based on an order placed by Mitsubishi Aircraft, which is developing the MRJ, MHI began riveting work on the frame structure surrounding the emergency escape hatch for crew in the cockpit roof of the aircraft. While manufacture of individual parts had already begun last autumn, today's start of assembly work indicates that the MRJ project to develop Japan's first passenger jet is progressing steadily and firmly as scheduled. The aircraft's first flight is slated for 2012.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI's Commercial Aircraft Component Production Plant in Vietnam]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1010131378.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, October 13, 2010 - MHI Aerospace Vietnam Co., Ltd. (MHIVA) in Hanoi, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) for producing commercial aircraft components, has completed production of its 100th flap set for the Boeing Next-Generation 737. MHIVA has achieved this milestone roughly one year after the commencement of commercial production. The 100th flap is set to be shipped on October 14, 2010. On that day, officials from Boeing and Teruaki Kawai, Executive Vice President and General Manager of MHI's Aerospace Headquarters, will attend the event to witness the commemorative shipment.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Commences Mitsubishi Regional Jet Manufacturing]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/100930en.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo and Nagoya, September 30, 2010 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJET) have jointly announced the commencement today by MHI of the manufacture of the next-generation Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ). Based on an order placed by MJET, which is developing the MRJ, MHI began cutting aluminum material for the horizontal stabilizer's frame component of the aircraft. With this event, the MRJ project to develop Japan's first passenger jet has now entered the manufacturing phase, with the aircraft's first flight scheduled in 2012.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI's Commercial Aircraft Component Production Plant in Vietnam]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/0909141312.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, September 14, 2009 - MHI Aerospace Vietnam Co., Ltd. (MHIVA) in Hanoi, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has completed construction of a commercial aircraft component production plant and launched production of flaps for the Boeing Next-Generation 737. MHIVA is the first company in Vietnam to manufacture and ship aircraft components. The flaps shipped from the plant will be delivered to the Boeing plant in Renton, Wash.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Produces 3,000th Flap Set for Boeing 737 since Start in 1996]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/0904221291.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, April 22, 2009 - Today Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) completed production of its 3,000th inboard flap set for the Boeing Next-Generation 737, Boeing's single-aisle twin-jet engine airplane family. As delivery of the first flap for the Next-Generation 737 took place in 1996, MHI has achieved this milestone in a span of 13 years. To commemorate the event, MHI held a ceremony at the Tobishima Plant of its Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works in Aichi Prefecture.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Participate in Development of "Trent XWB,"]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/0901201272.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, January 20, 2009 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has decided to participate in development of the Rolls-Royce plc's Trent XWB aero-engine for the Airbus A350 XWB, which is expected to become Airbus's mainstay commercial aircraft. As a risk- and revenue-sharing partner (RRSP), MHI will be responsible for the development and manufacture of the components for the engine's combustion system and manufacture of low-pressure turbine blades and others.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Receives Order for Launch Services of Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/0901121270.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, January 12, 2009 -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to launch the Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3 (KOMPSAT-3). The transaction, which Mr. Hideaki Omiya, President of MHI, signed the agreement in Korea on January12, represents the first satellite launch services order placed to MHI by an overseas customer. The launch is slated to take place in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["H-IIA F15 for IBUKI (GOSAT) - Special Website" has been opened.]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/f15/]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA["H-IIA F15 for IBUKI (GOSAT) - Special Website" has been opened.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:10:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Exhibit at "Japan Aerospace 2008"]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/0809251254.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, September 25, 2008 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, the operation in charge of development of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), will jointly exhibit at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition 2008 (Japan Aerospace 2008, or JA2008), which is to take place at Pacifico Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on October 1-5. The major exhibits will include an introduction to MHI's space equipment business, such as the H-IIB Launch Vehicle, and a mockup of the cabin of the MRJ, the next-generation regional jet now under development targeted to go in service in 2013. Under the company's exhibition theme – "Explore the Technology Frontier" – MHI will introduce its highly advanced technologies and comprehensive expertise that will enable realization of the dreams, both near and far, pursued by humankind.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Officially Launches Mitsubishi Regional Jet Program]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/200803281230.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, March 28, 2008 – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) officially launched the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), a next-generation regional jetliner, on March 28. Beginning April 1, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (tentative name), a new company established by MHI to conduct MRJ business, will accelerate the MRJ's development and further strengthen sales activities to potential customers worldwide. As Japan's first company to manufacture and market original passenger jetliners, Mitsubishi Aircraft will fulfill a long-cherished wish of the Japanese aircraft industry, leveraging technological expertise that MHI has built up through its aerospace business.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:40:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Authorizes Offer of MRJ And Launches Marketing to Potential Customers]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/200710091200.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, October 9, 2007 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has formally decided to begin offering its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), a next-generation regional aircraft, for sale to potential customer airlines worldwide.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:10:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Exhibit Mock-up of MRJ Cabin at Paris Air Show]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/200706111178.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, June 11, 2007 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will exhibit a full-scale mock-up of the cabin of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), a next-generation regional jet, at the 47th International Paris Air Show to be held at Paris Le Bourget for seven days from June 18 through 24. The MRJ is a small-size passenger aircraft currently being developed by MHI with cutting-edge technology that will enable the dual achievement of top-class economy and outstanding cabin comfort. MHI has been conducting research and development of the MRJ as a technology development project of the New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO).]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:10:01 +0900</pubDate>
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