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U.S. Approves MQ-9B SeaGuardians for Taiwan

As well as being cleared for a potential sale to Taiwan, the maritime version of the SkyGuardian is also being demonstrated to Japan’s Coast Guard.

The MQ-9B SeaGuradian is expected to give Taiwan persistent surveillance of naval activities in the Taiwan Straits. (Photo: General Atomics)

By Chen Chuanren • Asia Correspondent

November 4, 2020

The U.S. State Department has given the green light to a potential sale of four General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely-piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) to Taiwan, the fifth major arms sales approved for the nation within two weeks. The package, worth $600 million, will also include two mobile ground control stations, MX-20 multi-spectral targeting systems, SeaVue multi-role maritime patrol radars, C-Band line-of-sight (LOS) ground data terminals, and GA-ASI Ku-Band satcom transportable earth stations.

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