Taiwan's F-16 Mid Life Update Package Includes AESA Radar

Defense Security Cooperation Agency of the United States has notified the US Congress about the possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taiwan for upgradation of F-16A/B aircraft at an estimated cost of $5.3 billion.

Taiwan has requested the US government to provide the following equipment for the Mid Life Update of 145 F-16A/B block 20 of the Republic of China Air Force.

Mid Life Update Package will include following:

176 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars
176 Embedded Global Positioning System Inertial Navigation Systems
176 ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management systems
82 ALQ-184 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) pods with Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM)
or AN/ALQ-211(V)9 Airborne Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suites (AIDEWS) with DRFM
or AN/ALQ-131 pods with DRFM)
86 tactical data link terminals
Upgrade 28 electro-optical infrared targeting Sharpshooter pods
26 AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER Targeting Systems
or AN/AAQ-28 LITENING Targeting Systems
128 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems
128 Night Vision Goggles
140 AIM-9X SIDEWINDER Missiles
56 AIM-9X Captive Air Training Missiles
5 AIM-9X Telemetry kits
16 GBU-31V1 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) kits
80 GBU-38 JDAM kits
Dual Mode/ Global Positioning System Laser-Guided Bombs (16 GBU-10 Enhanced PAVEWAY II or GBU-56 Laser JDAM, 80 GBU-12 Enhanced PAVEWAY II or GBU-54 Laser JDAM, 16 GBU-24 Enhanced PAVEWAY III)
64 CBU-105 Sensor Fused Weapons with Wind-Corrected Munition Dispensers (WDMD)
153 LAU-129 Launchers with missile interface
Upgrade of 158 APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe Combined Interrogator Transponders; and HAVE GLASS II applications.
Study on replacing existing F100-PW-220 engines with F100-PW-229 engines.