On May 9, a delegation led by Jerry Schumacher, President of U.S. Technical Consultants Inc., visited Shenzhen and held talks with organizations and companies such as Invest Shenzhen, Shenzhen Aerospace Industry Association, China Development Bank Leasing, Donica Aviation Engineering, and Shenzhen Muyun Investment Management. At the meeting, Invest Shenzhen introduced Shenzhen’s business environment and industry-related policies, while U.S. Technical and attending local companies enhanced their mutual understanding of each other’s operations and the American company gave an overview of their intention to invest and cooperate. On May 10, U.S. Technical held a signing ceremony with APT Mobile SatCom at Shenye U Center, Baoan District, which was attended by representatives from Invest Shenzhen, Invest Baoao Shenzhen and Shenzhen Aerospace Industry Association.

　　Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Southern California, U.S. Technical is a leading technology consulting company in the aerospace industry with extensive experience in refitted aircraft certification. Currently, there is a huge market gap that is unable to meet demand in China’s refitted aircraft certification sector. U.S. Technical plans to establish an aircraft refitting technology R&D center, a training center, a maintenance base, and launch an MRO project in Shenzhen to strengthen China’s commercial and general aviation maintenance sector.