Nearly 600 companies from over 39 countries and regions participated in the Singapore Airshow 2022!

 The Singapore Airshow 2022 was held at the Changi International Airport Exhibition Centre from February 15-18 while the effects of COVID-19 are being contained globally.

More than 70% of the world's top 20 aerospace companies gathered at Changi Exhibition Center this year, with approximately 600 companies from over 39 countries and regions participating. Although the number of exhibitors was only about 30% of the previous year, there was a sense of enthusiasm for the show to regain its previous level of activity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1uKgj5OFao

The next show will be held on February 20-25, 2024.

https://www.singaporeairshow.com/

Prime Minister Kishida mentioned MSJ in Diet!

 The 208th National Diet of Japan (Regular Session), House of Representatives, Budget Committee (February 7, 2022)

[Atsushi Oshima, Member of the House of Representatives, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (Saitama Ward 6)]

I still think it is important not to stop.  We have been able to create an industrial base for this in the space industry. As for the aerospace industry, this will make it possible to hire employees such as researchers in the companies have researchers even in the future.

And now, in the aviation industry that Japan has been cultivated, I am afraid that the aviation industry of commercial jet aircraft may end here unfortunately. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is responsible for the type certification. It is very important. If Japan obtains type certification, we can sell aircraft in the United States. We have secured personnel for this purpose, and private companies have also probably spent a great deal of money for this purpose.

The question is, can we really afford a setback here? I don't think we will ever be able to have an aviation industry in Japan again if we set back. I think that  the world is not so critical of the development of private jets, even if they are funded by the government, as is the case with semiconductors. So, how will the government think about this point in the future? The bottom line is that the electrification of automobiles means that there will be no more parts manufacturers. The fact that there is an aerospace indus