Taiwan will receive new production systems for the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defence System from Raytheon under a $1.1bn foreign military sale from the US.
The new systems will provide a complete technology refresh, obsolescence mitigation, improved man-machine interface and reduced lifecycle costs.
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The new systems will also enhance the Patriot’s technologies, increase its affordability and allow future upgrades to continually improve air and missile defence capabilities.
As part of the contract, $965.6m will be spent to provide ground-system hardware while $134.4m will be spent to ensure system performance.
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Patriot Programs vice-president Skip Garrett said the additional and upgraded Patriot systems will provide Taiwan with advanced technologies and improved capabilities to meet current and emerging air and missile threats.
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Work will be carried out at the Integrated Air Defense Center in Andover, Massachusetts, as well as in Texas and Alabama.
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By GlobalDataThe contract has been awarded by the US Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
