Japan unveils plan to spend $33bn developing next-generation hydrogen or electric aircraft

Public-private partnership to finance programme, revealed just a year after previous decade-long effort was scrapped

Plane from Mitsubishi's failed SpaceJet regional aircraft programme
Plane from Mitsubishi's failed SpaceJet regional aircraft programmePhoto: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Published 28 March 2024, 12:07Updated 28 March 2024, 12:07
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