The U.S. Department of Defense has approved Taiwan’s request to acquire spare components and support services for the F-16 aircraft and active electronically scanned array radar, or AESA.
The proposed $320 million foreign military sale, coursed through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, covers the purchase of critical spare and repair parts, consumables and accessories and repair and return support for aircraft, AESA radar spare parts and support and other logistics and program support.
Deliveries, which are expected to start in 2025, will come from U.S. government stock.
According to the department, the proposed acquisition, which comes with no known offset agreements, complies with U.S. laws and policies that support a partner or ally’s efforts to modernize its defense capabilities.
Taiwan made a similar request in June with a potential FMS for $300 million worth of F-16 parts. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the deal also includes engineering, technical and logistics services to ensure optimal performance of Taiwan’s F-16 fleet.
The State Department also approved another potential TECRO request involving the continued provision of support services for the Improved Mobile Subscriber Equipment and Experimental Force system.