The State Department has approved the foreign military sale request of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, or TECRO, for Improved Mobile Subscriber Equipment, a.k.a. IMSE, follow-on support and related items.
TECRO’s IMSE Contract Scope
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday the proposed deal is valued at an estimated $65 million with General Dynamics Mission Systems as the principal contractor. The agency had already notified Congress of the possible sale.
Under the potential sale, the TECRO office in the United States will procure an additional two years of support services previously provided under an initial $41.6 million FMS, which included follow-on support for the IMSE and Experimental Force, or EXFOR, system. This involved repair and return of equipment, management services, replacement and repair services, contract engineering and technical support, logistics and U.S. government liaison support.
Furthermore, the proposed deal covers contractor operation and management of the depot, which is outside of the contiguous United States. This includes repair and replacement and other related elements of logistics and program support.
The FMS request is intended to strengthen relations between the U.S. and Taiwan. The latter also expects the proposed sale to modernize its armed forces and enhance its national security, political stability, military balance and economic growth.
The potential deal will require three contractor Technical Assistance Representatives to be assigned in Taiwan to supervise equipment fielding and training.
TECRO’s F-16 Spare Parts and Support FMS
In another FMS request, TECRO asked to purchase spare parts and support for F-16 aircraft and active electronically scanned array radars and related equipment valued at an estimated cost of $320 million and expected to be delivered starting in 2025.
