It includes a rendering of a fighter concept that appears to combine the nose and cockpit of an F-CK-1 with a tailless delta wing similar to that on the Mirage 2000.Ī delta wing could lend the new fighter greater range and maneuverability. In 2016, screenshots of a ROCAF briefing circulated online. To keep down cost and risk, NCSIST could further evolve the F-CK-1, perhaps by improving its sensors and flight-control systems and adding the F-125XX engine.īut one leaked document hints that Taipei’s designers want the next fighter to have a new wing. The ROCAF has taken an evolutionary approach to domestic fighter design. We don’t know for sure what the new fighter might look like. According to recent comments by NCSIST President Chang Chung-Chung, the blueprints and the new F125XX engine-an up-rated F124-should be ready in 2024.

National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology is doing the design work. Aiming for a more profound air-power upgrade, Taipei in 2017 launched a $2 billion effort to design a new fighter-and its engines. The F-16V and AT-5 together represent a modest capability boost for the ROCAF.

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