Japanese Industry Wants Long F-X Production Run, Early Follow-On Start

BEIJING — A Japanese industry group is urging the government to keep the country’s planned F-X fighter in production until 2028, raising the stakes for the three Western companies competing for the program. Meanwhile, full-scale development of an indigenous follow-on fighter, known as i3, should...

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