Exports of parts alone should amount to 41 billion yen. Japanese manufacturers appear to have been stunned by recent major setbacks by the V25OD jet engine project.
Japan lags severely in jet engine capabilities.
Indeed, even in the FSX jet project the Japanese admitted that they would have to use American made jet engines. Japanese firms have already invested 40 billion yen in the V2500 and had planned to spend another 40-50 billion yen. In this project. The V2500 superfan project is now expected to be delayed somewhat as the group studies how to respond to the new market conditions. The group claims it already has orders for 370 engines for 51.6 billion.