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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:50:00 +0900</pubDate>
		
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Ships Composite-material Wing Box for 100th Boeing 787]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, December 19, 2012 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today shipped a composite-material wing box for the 100th Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the next-generation super-efficient mid-size airplane, from the Oye Plant of its Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. MHI has achieved this milestone in a span of five-and-a-half years since shipment of the first unit in May 2007. The momentous wing box will be transported by ship from the pier adjoining the plant to Central Japan International Airport (Centrair), from which it will be flown to Boeing's Everett Plant in Washington by Dreamlifter, a special cargo airplane dedicated to transporting 787 components. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:50:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Begin Launch Service Business Using H-IIB Rockets]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1209271577.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, September 27, 2012 – On September 26 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) concluded an agreement with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) under which the company will begin launch services using H-IIB rockets. Following the successful launch of H-IIB launch vehicle No.3 on July 21 this year, MHI will now handle all H-IIB launches commencing with No.4. Compared with H-IIA rockets, which MHI has been commissioned to launch since 2007, the H-IIB can perform launches of large-size satellites double in weight. Gaining momentum from its ability to accommodate this enhanced cargo capacity, MHI plans to aggressively explore the global market for diverse launch needs, including commercial satellites.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:10:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Exhibit at "Japan Aerospace 2012"]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1209261576.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, September 26, 2012 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, the company developing and marketing the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), will jointly exhibit at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition 2012 (Japan Aerospace 2012, or JA2012), which is to take place at Port Messe Nagoya, an international exhibition hall in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, from October 9 through 14. The two companies' exhibits will include an introduction to MHI's space equipment, such as the H-IIB launch vehicle, and a mockup of the cabin of the MRJ, the next-generation regional jet now under development and targeted to be delivered in 2015. Under its exhibition theme - "Reaching for the Skies" - MHI will introduce its advanced technologies and comprehensive expertise that support the development of Japan, a scientific and technological nation. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Participate in Project to Develop P&W’s PW1200G Jet Engine for the MRJ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, August 9, 2012 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has concluded an agreement with Pratt & Whitney (P&W) of the United States under which it will participate in a project to develop that company's new jet engine, the PurePower® PW1200G, to power the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), MHI's next-generation regional jet. MHI will undertake development and manufacture of the new engine's combustors, high pressure turbine disks and diffuser cases as well as final engine assembly and operational testing of delivered products. These various tasks will be carried out at MHI's Nagoya Guidance & Propulsion Systems Works in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:10:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boeing and major airframe partners MHI, KHI and FHI team with the Institute of]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/120628en.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO, June 28, 2012 - Boeing and its three major Japanese airframe partners - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries - announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo. Under the MOU, the parties will commence joint research and work to create a consortium to develop industrial-scale manufacturing technology and processes, in a new model of academic-industry cooperation.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:40:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Begins Assembly of Full-scale Model for]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1203281519.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, March 28, 2012 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today began assembly of a full-scale structural-testing model of an Advanced Technology Demonstrator (ATD). The ATD, which MHI is building under the contract with the Japan Ministry of Defense, will be used to prove the airworthiness of advanced technologies, including stealth capabilities and high maneuverability, for future Japanese fighters. With the commencement of assembly, the ATD project has now moved into the production phase.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:40:00 +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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