The Pentagon issued a firm fixed-price contract worth $698,948,760 to procure NASAMS fire units for Taiwan under the Foreign Military Sales program, with funds obligated at award. Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, under Army Contracting Command–Redstone Arsenal, with an estimated completion date of February 28, 2031. This is the second U.S. weapons package for Taiwan in a week after approval of $330 million in aircraft parts, bringing recent approvals to roughly $1 billion. NASAMS, developed by Raytheon (RTX) and Kongsberg, is a medium‑range air-defense system that fires AIM‑120 AMRAAM missiles and has been used in combat in Ukraine; Taiwan does not currently field the system. U.S. envoy Raymond Greene described American commitments to Taiwan as “rock solid,” as regional frictions included Chinese coast guard activity near Japan’s Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands and a drone flight between Taiwan and Japan’s Yonaguni.
