Editor's Foreword

East Asia and Australasia
Table 35 Selected arms procurements and deliveries, East Asia and Australasia
Designation Type Quantity Contract
Value
New Zealand (NZL)
C-130H
Hercules
C-130H
Hercules
Tpt ac
SLEP
Tpt ac
Upgrade
P-3K Orion MPA
Upgrade
Supplier
Country
Prime
Contractor
Order
Date
First
Delivery
Due
Notes
5 NZ$226m CAN L-3 Spar 2004 2010 SLEP. Life-extension programme. Final
delivery due 2010
5 NZ$21.2m
(US$15.6m)
NH-90 Hel 8 NZ$771m
(US$477m)
A-109 Hel 5 NZ$139m
(US$109m)
Philippines (PHL)
439
US L-3 Spar 2007 2007 Upgrade programme in addition to
2004 SLEP. EW Self-protection systems
(EWSPS). Final delivery due 2011
6 _ US L-3 Spar 2005 2010 Mission systems, comms and nav
equipment
FRA NH Industries 2006 2010 Final delivery by 2013
Int’l Agusta-
Westland
SF-260F/PAF Trg ac 18 US$13.8m It Alenia
Aermacchi
Singapore (SGP)
Bedok-class MCMV
SLEP
Submarine
spt and
rescue ship
(SSRV)
2008 2011 Likely to replace Bell 47G-3B Sioux
2008 2010 Final delivery due 2012
4 _ FRA/SGP Thales 2009 _ Incl upgraded sonar and C2
SSAN 1 SGD400m
(US$261.8m)
Dom/UK ST Marine 2007 2009 To replace MV Kendrick and MV Avatar.
Launched Nov 2008 and named Swift
Rescue. ISD 2009
F-15SG Eagle FGA 12 _ US Boeing 2005 2008 SGP trg sqn based at Mtn Home AB
(US). First batch to be del in 2009.
Deliveries ongoing
F-15SG Eagle FGA 12 _ US Boeing 2007 2010 8 were option in original 2005
contract. Incl 28 GBU-10 and 56 GBU-
12 PGM, several thousand cartridges
and practice bombs
C-130
Hercules
Tpt ac
Upgrade
10 _ US Rockwell
Collins
2007 _ Avionics upgrade. To be completed
in 7 years
G550 CAEW AEW 4 _ ISR IAI 2007 2008 To replace E-2C Hawkeye AEW ac. Final
delivery due 2011
G550 Trg ac 1 US$73m ST Aerospace 2008 _ Part of a 20 year trg contract
S-70 B
Seahawk
AIM-120
AMRAAM
Hel 6 _ US Sikorsky 2005 2008 To operate with Formidable-class FFG.
Final delivery due 2010
AAM 100 _ US Raytheon 2006 2008 _
Taiwan (Republic of China) (ROC)
Patriot PAC-3 AD Up to 6 US$6bn US Raytheon 2009 _ FMS purchase of at least 4 additional
OFUs. 3 existing being upgraded
PAC-2 - PAC-3
Patriot PAC-3
upgrade kits
AD _ US$154m US Raytheon 2009 _ Upgrade from con�g 2 to con�g 3
Jinn Chiang PFM 24 _ Dom _ 1992 2010 Final delivery due 2010
AGM-84L
Harpoon
Block II
Hsiung Feng
IIE
ASM 60 US$89m US Boeing 2007 2009 For F-16. Delivery status unclear
ASM – _ Dom _ 2005 – In development
East Asia and
Australasia