Ku Kuang-fu, formerly director of the predecessor to AIDC, notes that because of diplomatic setbacks it was hard for the ROC to buy high performance fighter aircraft and it became necessary to make them at home.
曾擔任空軍航空發展中心（中科院航空發展中心前身）主任，現任工業總會顧問的顧光復先生表示，我國由於遭逢外交困境，高性能戰機採購無門，為確保領空安全，不得不致力軍機發展，而執行這個任務的第一要角，即是航發中心。