Aircraft
Mitsubishi Countersues Bombardier in Trade Secrets Spat
U.S. subsidiary Mitsubishi Aircraft America claims Bombardier engaged in “anticompetitive behavior.”
One of four MRJ flight test vehicles prepares to take to the skies at Moses Lake, Washington. (Photo: Mitsubishi Aircraft)
One of four MRJ flight test vehicles prepares to take to the skies at Moses Lake, Washington. (Photo: Mitsubishi Aircraft)

Mitsubishi Aircraft’s U.S.-based subsidiary, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation America, filed a counterclaim in a Seattle district court on Monday asserting that Bombardier has engaged in illegal anticompetitive behavior in an effort to impede the development and certification of the Mitsubishi MRJ regional jet. The claim comes some three months after Bombardier filed suit against Mitsubishi Aircraft for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets to speed certification of the long-delayed MRJ program.