{"id":232445,"date":"2025-04-10T09:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=232445"},"modified":"2025-04-10T17:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T21:43:55","slug":"u-s-aerospace-firm-m2c-explores-advanced-aviation-tech-hub-in-antigua-with-minister-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/u-s-aerospace-firm-m2c-explores-advanced-aviation-tech-hub-in-antigua-with-minister-fernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Aerospace Firm M2C Explores Advanced Aviation Tech Hub in Antigua with Minister Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3837668087\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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aviation technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing M2C were Ann Dancik, CEO and President, and Captain Elpert Hodge, Executive Vice President, who is a native son of Antigua that began his aviation career locally.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2049225933\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, 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in the spring of 2027 attended by global and regional airlines, aircraft manufacturers, and aircraft suppliers, and the technology transfer of the Virtual Pilot Assistant (VPA) currently being developed by M2C USA to M2C <strong>Antigua<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"antig-4006596995\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, 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