LEGACY SYSTEM:The army said it had been using an intercom system now to be replaced for more than four decades and spare parts were becoming scarce
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 11, 2017
By: Aaron Tu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, staff writer
The army plans to spend NT$2.66 billion (US$88.6 million) over the next four years to buy equipment that would improve the artillery’s precision engagement and communication capabilities, sources at the Ministry of National Defense said on Saturday.
The army is to buy multiple-role observation systems and second-generation artillery fire command and control systems, and replace aging AN/VIC-1 intercom systems for tanks, armored carriers and artillery vehicles, they said.
Although the Executive Yuan had temporarily withdrawn the general budget bill for review after the Cabinet’s reorganization last week, the ministry is confident that the budget items for the army would be retained, they added.
The multiple-role, laser-equipped observation systems are designed for target acquisition and fire adjustment by artillery and mortar forward observers, the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology said in a product brochure.
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