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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Boeing: willing to license F/A-18 production to Japan

F/A-18Boeing Co said it is willing to outsource some production of its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter planes to Japanese firms if the Japanese government decides to buy them as the country's next mainstay fighter aircraft.

Japan has yet to decide how it will replace its current fleet of aging F-4 Phantom fighters, whose design dates back to the 1960s and which have become increasingly difficult to maintain.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is also set to end production of its F-2 aircraft in 2011.

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