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TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES – INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
PROGRAM (IESP) AND FIELD SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM (FSP) SUPPORT
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Release - Taiwan 21-66 CN.pdf
Media/Public Contact
pm-cpa@state.gov
Transmittal No 21-66
WASHINGTON, February 7, 2022 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) of equipment and services to support participation in the Patriot International Engineering Services Program (IESP) and Field Surveillance Program (FSP) for five years, including engineering services support, designed to sustain, maintain, and improve the Patriot Air Defense System for an estimated cost of $100 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
TECRO has
requested to buy equipment and services to support participation in the Patriot International Engineering Services Program
(IESP) and Field Surveillance Program
(FSP) for five years, including
engineering services support, designed to sustain, maintain, and improve the Patriot Air Defense System within
the performance envelope described in the
system specification through the investigation and resolution of identified
problems; missile field surveillance support
for legacy (Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM))
and Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles, designed to ensure the
reliability and performance of the Patriot missile through storage and aging
programs, surveillance firing programs,
and configuration management; legacy
and PAC-3 missile stockpile reliability testing, to provide quantitative reliability assessments of the
deployed missile round; U.S. Government and
contractor technical and logistics support, and other related
elements of program support. Participation in the shared IESP and FSP for the
life of the Patriot system is a requirement of the U.S. Government. The total
estimated program cost is $100.0 million.
This
proposed sale is consistent with U.S. law and policy as expressed in Public Law 96-8.
This
proposed sale serves U.S. national, economic, and security interests by
supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and
to maintain a credible defensive capability. The proposed sale will help
improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political
stability, military balance, economic and progress in
the region.
The
proposed sale will help to sustain the recipient’s missile
density and ensure readiness for air operations. The recipient will use
this capability as a deterrent to regional
threats and to strengthen homeland
defense. The recipient will have no
difficulty absorbing this equipment and services into its armed forces.
The
proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military
balance in the region.
The prime
contractors will be Raytheon
Technologies in Andover, MA; and Lockheed Martin
in Camden, AK. There are no known offset agreements
proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation
of this proposed sale will not require the
permanent assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor
representatives to recipient. Support teams
will travel to recipient on a temporary basis.
There
will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness
as a result of this proposed sale.
This
notice of a potential sale is required by law. The description and dollar value is for
the highest estimated quantity and dollar value based
on initial requirements. Actual dollar value
will be lower depending on final requirements, budget authority, and
signed sales agreement(s), if and when concluded.
All
questions regarding this proposed Foreign Military Sale should be directed to
the State Department's Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Office of
Congressional and Public Affairs, pm-cpa@state.gov.
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