Taiwan is seeking U.S. cooperation to make the island's next domestically developed fighter jet, the head of Taiwanese defence contractor Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) said on Wednesday.
Hu Kai-Hung, chairman of Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation speaks on stage at the Taiwan-U.S. Defense Industry Forum in Taipei, Taiwan May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Wang
TAIPEI, May 3 - Taiwan is seeking U.S. cooperation to make the island's next domestically developed fighter jet, the head of Taiwanese defence contractor Aerospace Industrial Development Corp Taiwan's air force scrambles daily to see off incursions by Chinese jets into the airspace around the island as Beijing steps up its pressure to try and force Taiwan to accept China's sovereignty.
"When it comes to the development of the next generation fighter, we hope the United States supports Taiwan to develop it itself, including the engine, avionics, control systems, environmental controls and so on, which are all an opportunity for Taiwan-U.S. cooperation," he said. Taiwan in 2017 announced the next generation fighter programme, to include stealth capabilities, but has given few details since.Even the United States has been unwilling to provide Taiwan its most advanced fighters like the F-22 or F-35, and Taiwan has no direct answer to China's new J-20 stealth fighter.
This has driven Taiwan to develop a new home-built fighter as part of an overall strategy to make more weaponry itself, like
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