The Taiwan Arms Sales Backlog is a series of monthly updates that tracks the announcement, fulfillment, and delivery of Taiwan’s arms acquisitions via the United States. The arms backlog is written by TSM fellow Eric Gomez.
- Taiwan Arms Sale Backlog, August 2025 Update: Altius Deliveries and 2026 Delivery SchedulesBy Joseph O’Connor and Eric Gomez August featured a major development in arms sales to Taiwan, as US manufacturer Anduril announced the delivery of the […]
- Taiwan Arms Sale Backlog, July 2025 Update: Second Batch of Abrams Tanks ArriveBy Eric Gomez and Joseph O’Connor A second batch of Abrams tanks arrived in Taiwan in late July, but besides this development, July was quiet […]
- Taiwan Arms Sale Backlog, June 2025 Update: New MND Document Sheds Light on Arms Sale StatusBy Eric Gomez Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) released a document in June 2025 that reports on the status of several US arms sales […]
- Taiwan Arms Sale Backlog, May 2025 Update: Budget Unfreezing Reports Reveal New Information about Delivery TimelinesBy Eric Gomez and Joseph O’Connor The backlog of US weapons that have been sold but not delivered to Taiwan did not see any major […]
- Taiwan Arms Sale Backlog, April 2025 Update: In First 100 Days Trump Sells a Lot of Weapons, Just Not to TaiwanBy Eric Gomez The Trump administration celebrated its 100th day in office on April 30, 2025. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) were not one of the […]