Taiwanese, US firms display latest uncrewed surface vehicle tech with military potential
Taiwan is actively engaging both local and international defence innovators to showcase uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) technologies with potential military applications.
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This comes as the island intensifies efforts to strengthen its asymmetric warfare capabilities, in response to
growing threats from Beijing's People's Liberation Army.
As part of the push, 12 companies – seven of them from
Taiwan and the rest US-based – are taking part in a two-day USV demonstration that began on Tuesday at Suao port in northeastern Yilan county.
The government-backed National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, which organised the event, said the data collected would be used to develop a standardised control system and modular platforms adaptable to missions including patrol, search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and logistics.
'The goal is to enhance flexibility, general applicability and production scalability for both military and civilian use,' the institute said in a statement.
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