A letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) for US-made Sky Guardian uncrewed drones is expected in March next year, while talks with Washington on a deal for Paladin self-propelled howitzers is ongoing, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday.
Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) made the comments at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee.
Asked by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Liao Wan-ju (廖婉汝) when the military would receive the LOA for the Atomic General MQ-9B Sky Guardian uncrewed drones, air force Chief of Staff Huang Chih-wei (黃志偉) said the letter was expected in