They argue that recent aerodynamic, electronic and material development advances in Japan point to the existence of the appropriate technical skills necessary for Japan to build the FS-X without U.S. participation.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
Trade Benefits: The FS-X will help the U.S. trade balance in the short-term.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
The data to be transferred in connection with the FS-X is currently available to other U.S. allies who already participate in F-16 manufacturing.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
As opposed to the near-term improvement an off-the-shelf procurement of modern U.S. aircraft could have afforded, the FS-X will not enter service until the late 1990s.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
The Bush Administration is to be commended for undertaking this review and the Congress encouraged to give great weight to that assessment's conclusions in its subsequent deliberations on the FS-X deal.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
The agreement contains FS-X technology flow-back guarantees, including U.S. participation in the manufacture and testing of new technology components such as advanced co-cured composite wings, new avionics, and phased-array radar.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
The FS-X project raises a number of concerns from both U.S. security and trade perspectives.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
Had the Japanese decided to exclude the U.S. from participation in the development and production of the FS-X, no trade, technology transfer, or employment benefits would accrue to the United States.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
Will the experience of the FS-X debate lead to a more orderly and disciplined U.S. interagency process on future projects of a similar nature, in particular the systematic involvement of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative in negotiations over defense sales with the Japanese?
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
We were told, of course, that the optimal means of meeting Japan's air defense commitments in the 1990's -- namely, an off-the-shelf purchase of F-16's -- had been categorically rejected by the Japanese and that the FS-X deal was the best of the remaining options.
The Japanese may not fully appreciate that the FS-X is fast becoming a symbol for a broader fear of declining U.S. competitiveness.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
Opponents in both Houses have, nonetheless, begun to express serious reservations about the FS-X deal, principally on the grounds that the long-term implications for U.S. competitiveness have not been adequately factored into the arrangement.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The US-Japan FS-X Fighter Agreement: Assessing The Stakes
In addition, the revised deal gives the United States access to Japanese technology -- both that derived from transferred F-16 data and that arising from four FS-X development areas where the Japanese do not intend to -- or cannot -- obtain U.S. equipment or software.
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