Communication system update deal finalized
The government has signed an agreement with the US to finalize the purchase of a NT$6.99 billion (US$246.1 million) military communication system that would update a system in use in Taiwan for nearly two decades. Although the deal was finalized on Feb. 17, it was not made public until it was posted on the Web site of the Government e-Procurement System on Wednesday. The government system revealed few details about the purchase, other than it was for a “Field Information Communications System” that is to be delivered over the next three years, and be managed by the Ministry of National Def...