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TAIPEI, Taiwan, and ROME — Leonardo-Finmeccanica has launched a massive public relations effort in Taiwan to save an agreement with a local aviation company to honor a 2014 deal to co-build the M-346 Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) for filling Taiwan’s air force requirement for 66 aircraft to replace aging AT-3 Tzu Chung attack/trainers.
台湾，台北，罗马-莱纳德-芬梅卡尼卡公司正在开展大量的公关活动，以挽救一份2014年的协议——跟本土企业合作生产M-346高级教练机——以满足台湾空军66架用来替换老旧的AT-3“自强”攻击/教练机。

The local aviation company, Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), signed a teaming agreement for the transfer of technology, co-production and technical assistance for the M-346, but the election of a new president, Tsai Ing-wen, has thrown a wrench into the deal.
本土企业航宇工业发展公司（AIDC）曾经跟莱纳德-芬梅卡尼卡公司签署了一份M-346的技术转移、合作生产和技术支持的合作协议，但是新当选的“总统”蔡英文在这一协议中急转弯。

Tsai has pledged to develop indigenous weapon systems and wean Taiwan off its dependence on foreign-made arms.
蔡陈国要发展本土军事工业，让台湾拜托对外国军事装备的依赖。

Tsai has put AIDC and the Air Force in a difficult position. The new government wants to build a completely indigenous trainer, dubbed the XAT-5 AJT, according to a senior AIDC official. The Leonardo agreement is still in effect, he said, but the new president wants to change it.
蔡使得AIDC和空军处于一个艰难位置。新政府想生产被称呼为 XAT-5 AJT完全自主的教练机，一位AIDC高级官员说。跟莱纳德公司的协议依然有效，但是新“总统”想改变它。

“Leonardo is trying to save the agreement with a big public relations effort, but we are waiting for a final decision on whether the president will accept open bidding that will include foreign companies or go with a totally indigenous product," he said.
“莱纳德正在开展积极的公关来挽救这一交易，但是我们还在等待最终的决定：“总统是同意包括海外公司的公开招标或者进行完全本土企业生产，”他说。

The decision is expected in September.
决定预计在九月就会做出。

A Leonardo spokesperson said AIDC and the M-346 are strongly linked.
莱纳德发言人说AIDC和M-346紧密联系在一起。

“AIDC is the local partner for the Honeywell M-346's engines, assembled in Taiwan by the ITEC [International Turbine Engine Company] consortium, participated by AIDC,” the spokesperson said. “Considering that, we can say that the Taiwanese M-346 version will have at least 50 percent of its content made in Taiwan.
 Within that, one of the scopes of the collaboration between Leonardo and AIDC is to guarantee to the transfer of competences to AIDC to perform possible customizations and/or upgrades to the aircraft configuration.”
“AIDC是M-346的霍尼韦尔发动机的本地合作伙伴，在台湾由AIDC参股的ITEC（国际涡轮引擎公司）财团组装，”发言人说。“基于这些，我可以说台湾版的M-346将至少有50%在台湾制造。包括这一点，莱纳德和AIDC的合作也保证向AIDC的技术转移确保后者能够成为自主升级改造这一飞机的角色。”

Despite the urging of Tsai to indigenously build the aircraft with minimum foreign assistance, Taiwan might have no choice but to go with the M-346 option, said a Taiwan defense analyst. The indigenous option, by comparison, is of a higher risk and requires significantly more research and development, estimated by AIDC to cost of $2.3 billion for the entire program from birth to death.
即便说服了蔡在极少的国外援助的基础上生产自主飞机，台湾除了M-346以外别无选择，一位台湾防务分析家说到。对比认为，“国产”选择是一个高风险并且需要更多更久的开发周期，如果由AIDC从头到尾全部开发的话需要23亿美元。

“If I were Taiwan, I would probably make it a requirement that the avionics suite be sourced locally, via AIDC or Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, since that is the only area where there could be any real added value in the whole project,” said the Taiwan defense analyst. Local licensed production of the aircraft would also be an important factor to allow Tsai to save face, he said.
“如果我是台湾领导人的话，我会要求航空电子系统本土负责，可以通过AIDC或者中山科学院获得，因为这些东西是这一项目中我们唯一可以发挥作用的领域，”台湾军事分析家说。本土许可生产战斗机也是蔡保住面子的重要因素，他说道。

“Having said all that, it is important to remember that defense industry policy issues are poorly informed and underdebated in Taiwan,” he said. “So the XAT-5 program would likely devolve into indigenous versus foreign controversies, without real thought being given to just exactly how much Taiwan’s aerospace industry could hope to gain by adopting a totally indigenous trainer of which the Air Force will be the sole user with a very limited installed base of 66 aircraft that would be extremely difficult to sustain.”
“说到这一切，重要的要记住：在台湾国防工业政策很少被提及和讨论，”他说“所以XAT-5项目很可能会演变成本土与外国制造的争议，没有真正考虑过多少技术是台湾本土企业可以真正提供的，而台湾空军作为唯一用户的66架次，是远远无法提供给本土企业去维系生产的。”

Taiwan’s AT-3 aircraft were built in the 1980s and built by AIDC with foreign assistance. The replacement will be fielded to two bases: one in Taitung to replace the aging F-5E/F Tigers and the other in Kangshan to replace the AT-3s.
台湾的AT-3是在1980年代由AIDC在国外援助下生产的。替换基于两个目的：1、替换老旧的F-5E/f战机，2、替换AT-3教练机。http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/international/asia-pacific/2016/08/10/taiwan-m346-advanced-jet-trainer-air-force/88509314/



TAIPEI, Taiwan, and ROME — Leonardo-Finmeccanica has launched a massive public relations effort in Taiwan to save an agreement with a local aviation company to honor a 2014 deal to co-build the M-346 Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) for filling Taiwan’s air force requirement for 66 aircraft to replace aging AT-3 Tzu Chung attack/trainers.
台湾，台北，罗马-莱纳德-芬梅卡尼卡公司正在开展大量的公关活动，以挽救一份2014年的协议——跟本土企业合作生产M-346高级教练机——以满足台湾空军66架用来替换老旧的AT-3“自强”攻击/教练机。

The local aviation company, Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), signed a teaming agreement for the transfer of technology, co-production and technical assistance for the M-346, but the election of a new president, Tsai Ing-wen, has thrown a wrench into the deal.
本土企业航宇工业发展公司（AIDC）曾经跟莱纳德-芬梅卡尼卡公司签署了一份M-346的技术转移、合作生产和技术支持的合作协议，但是新当选的“总统”蔡英文在这一协议中急转弯。

Tsai has pledged to develop indigenous weapon systems and wean Taiwan off its dependence on foreign-made arms.
蔡陈国要发展本土军事工业，让台湾拜托对外国军事装备的依赖。

Tsai has put AIDC and the Air Force in a difficult position. The new government wants to build a completely indigenous trainer, dubbed the XAT-5 AJT, according to a senior AIDC official. The Leonardo agreement is still in effect, he said, but the new president wants to change it.
蔡使得AIDC和空军处于一个艰难位置。新政府想生产被称呼为 XAT-5 AJT完全自主的教练机，一位AIDC高级官员说。跟莱纳德公司的协议依然有效，但是新“总统”想改变它。

“Leonardo is trying to save the agreement with a big public relations effort, but we are waiting for a final decision on whether the president will accept open bidding that will include foreign companies or go with a totally indigenous product," he said.
“莱纳德正在开展积极的公关来挽救这一交易，但是我们还在等待最终的决定：“总统是同意包括海外公司的公开招标或者进行完全本土企业生产，”他说。

The decision is expected in September.
决定预计在九月就会做出。

A Leonardo spokesperson said AIDC and the M-346 are strongly linked.
莱纳德发言人说AIDC和M-346紧密联系在一起。

“AIDC is the local partner for the Honeywell M-346's engines, assembled in Taiwan by the ITEC [International Turbine Engine Company] consortium, participated by AIDC,” the spokesperson said. “Considering that, we can say that the Taiwanese M-346 version will have at least 50 percent of its content made in Taiwan.
 Within that, one of the scopes of the collaboration between Leonardo and AIDC is to guarantee to the transfer of competences to AIDC to perform possible customizations and/or upgrades to the aircraft configuration.”
“AIDC是M-346的霍尼韦尔发动机的本地合作伙伴，在台湾由AIDC参股的ITEC（国际涡轮引擎公司）财团组装，”发言人说。“基于这些，我可以说台湾版的M-346将至少有50%在台湾制造。包括这一点，莱纳德和AIDC的合作也保证向AIDC的技术转移确保后者能够成为自主升级改造这一飞机的角色。”

Despite the urging of Tsai to indigenously build the aircraft with minimum foreign assistance, Taiwan might have no choice but to go with the M-346 option, said a Taiwan defense analyst. The indigenous option, by comparison, is of a higher risk and requires significantly more research and development, estimated by AIDC to cost of $2.3 billion for the entire program from birth to death.
即便说服了蔡在极少的国外援助的基础上生产自主飞机，台湾除了M-346以外别无选择，一位台湾防务分析家说到。对比认为，“国产”选择是一个高风险并且需要更多更久的开发周期，如果由AIDC从头到尾全部开发的话需要23亿美元。

“If I were Taiwan, I would probably make it a requirement that the avionics suite be sourced locally, via AIDC or Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, since that is the only area where there could be any real added value in the whole project,” said the Taiwan defense analyst. Local licensed production of the aircraft would also be an important factor to allow Tsai to save face, he said.
“如果我是台湾领导人的话，我会要求航空电子系统本土负责，可以通过AIDC或者中山科学院获得，因为这些东西是这一项目中我们唯一可以发挥作用的领域，”台湾军事分析家说。本土许可生产战斗机也是蔡保住面子的重要因素，他说道。

“Having said all that, it is important to remember that defense industry policy issues are poorly informed and underdebated in Taiwan,” he said. “So the XAT-5 program would likely devolve into indigenous versus foreign controversies, without real thought being given to just exactly how much Taiwan’s aerospace industry could hope to gain by adopting a totally indigenous trainer of which the Air Force will be the sole user with a very limited installed base of 66 aircraft that would be extremely difficult to sustain.”
“说到这一切，重要的要记住：在台湾国防工业政策很少被提及和讨论，”他说“所以XAT-5项目很可能会演变成本土与外国制造的争议，没有真正考虑过多少技术是台湾本土企业可以真正提供的，而台湾空军作为唯一用户的66架次，是远远无法提供给本土企业去维系生产的。”

Taiwan’s AT-3 aircraft were built in the 1980s and built by AIDC with foreign assistance. The replacement will be fielded to two bases: one in Taitung to replace the aging F-5E/F Tigers and the other in Kangshan to replace the AT-3s.
台湾的AT-3是在1980年代由AIDC在国外援助下生产的。替换基于两个目的：1、替换老旧的F-5E/f战机，2、替换AT-3教练机。