Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng notes that the effectiveness of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System has been demonstrated in Ukraine.
A pre-solicitation notice is the next step on a path to selecting a design to launch an engineering and manufacturing development program within two years.
The follow-on award comes seven months after the same team completed the last of three successful tests for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept program.
The initiative now requires specific technology that excludes certain hardware that is important to some NATO members that have not signed up for it yet.
The announcement did not identify the development projects, but still showed an image of a known SAM concept in development by Ukraine's Luch Design Bureau.
Startup HyperKelp says it is demonstrating air-droppable buoys for the U.S. Navy that could detect the acoustic signature of boost-glide hypersonic vehicles.
Officials hope investments such as Radar 2 may encourage Eurofighter Typhoon export customers such as Saudi Arabia to sign on the dotted line for more fighters.
Global defense demand remains robust with $252 billion worth of allied contract awards expected over the next 24 months, according to investment bank Jefferies.