Overview
- 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.