Asian Fighter Aircraft Market Looking Bullish

A Mitsubishi F-2 of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)



by Mike Yeo



The need for new fighter aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to remain buoyant, with simmering tensions centered on territorial disputes for resource-rich islands in the South and East China Sea being most often cited as the main driver for increased regional defense spending. 



At the same time, a