Six-month suspension of IDF production for fuel system fixes

Taiwan is suspending builds of its new Indigenous Defense Fighter, or IDF, for six months to correct a fuel system problem blamed for a crash this summer. The country's military-run Aero Industry Development Center, or AIDC, has already built 40 of the aircraft, which now have to be recalled for...

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