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SINGAPORE - Taiwan's air force has selected the Eurocopter EC225 helicopter against a Sikorsky bid for the S-92 for a medium-lift helicopter requirement for search and rescue missions.
The contract for three helicopters was awarded to Eurocopter in December for $111 million. The deal includes an option for a total of 20 helicopters. The contract will be signed in the next few days, said a Taiwan defense source.
The deal comes as a surprise since European defense companies have shied away from arms sales to Taiwan in favor of lucrative commercial sales to China. There has not been a European arms deal with Taiwan since the early 1990s when France sold La Fayette-class frigates and Mirage 2000 fighters to Taiwan.
The sale comes on the heels of a $6 billion U.S. arms deal that included Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot missiles, navy mine sweepers and Harpoon training missiles.
What is equally odd about the contract award is China has remained silent on the issue after it threatened to sanction U.S. companies selling arms to Taiwan, and occurs at the same time European leaders have been pushing for a lifting of arms exports to China.
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中華民國空軍選擇了歐洲直升機公司EC225直升機來執行搜索和救援任務。
歐洲直升機公司在12月以1.11億美元售與3架EC225直昇機。該協議全部內容已知有，20架直升機。該合約將在簽署之後未來數天發表，來自中華民國國防部。
這一交易的怪異之處，在於歐洲防務公司迴避售與中國的豐厚利潤。自20世紀90年代初以來當法國出售拉法葉級護衛艦和幻象2000戰機給台灣首次打破歐洲武器售予中華民國的成功交易
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