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By WENDELL MINNICK
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Air Force plans to overhaul 16 T56-A14 single-shaft turboprop engines for its new fleet of Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion Maritime/Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft. The $10.6 million contract was awarded to Texas-based StandardAero-San Antonio Inc.
Taiwan secured 12 aircraft, plus three spare airframes, for $1.9 billion in 2007 under the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s (DSCA) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
The P-3C aircraft will replace older Grumman S-2T Tracker aircraft. Despite the fact that the S-2T aircraft officially comprise two squadrons, 133rd and 134th, only a handful of the original 26 S-2T aircraft are still ASW operational.
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