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Taiwan plans to buy 66 new jet trainers by 2026.
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World Defense & Security News - Taiwan
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Taiwan plans to buy 66 new jet trainers by 2026
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Taiwan plans to invest over $2.19 billion in the purchase of 66 new jet trainers by 2026, the National Chung-shan Institute of Science and Technology said on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. With this new fleet, the Asian country aims at bolstering defenses against China.
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 The future jet trainers will replace the ROCAF AT-3 training aircraft fleet(Source: Internet) |
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"Investing over T$68 billion ($2.19 billion) in new model advanced jet trainers, not only lays the foundation for the development of our future air combat capability, but also lets our aerospace industry continue to develop," Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said at a signing ceremony for the project.
According to Reuters, the jet trainers will be developed jointly by the institute, defense ministry and Aerospace Industrial Development Corp, Taiwan's sole military jet-maker. Under the terms of the agreement signed by Air Force Commander Shen Yi-ming and National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) President Chang Guan-chung , the first prototype of the trainer aircraft is expected to be completed in 2019 and test flights a year later.
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