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Taiwanese networking equipment vendor D-Link has officially entered SpaceX's supply chain and will begin shipping network switches for Starlink data-switching nodes in September 2026.

With SpaceX's first public earnings report approaching, investors are looking for fresh insight into the company's operations and future satellite deployment plans, viewing the results as an important barometer for the global satellite communications market.

AVer Information is expanding into the commercial drone market, focusing its research and development on the highest-value segment of the value chain: the artificial intelligence (AI) vision engine.
Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) has extended its contract with US aerospace systems maker Moog through 2031, widening cooperation on production and supply-chain integration to support Taiwan's military logistics. The renewal was announced at a UK air show and keeps the exclusive Taiwan distribution rights held by AIDC's US subsidiary.
US defense startup Saronic Technologies said it will build its next-generation shipyard, Port Alpha, in Brownsville, Texas, in a project valued at more than US$3 billion. The facility is scheduled to start construction in 2026 and open in 2028, with the completed site expected to generate as many as 10,000 direct jobs and bring major economic benefits to Brownsville and Texas.
US drone startup Neros Technologies won a contract worth up to US$500 million from the US Army to supply low-cost first-person view attack drones. The deal makes Neros a new vendor in the military's push to expand expendable drones and rebuild supply capacity for battlefield use.

Taiwan's legislature has moved toward stronger backing for drone research and production following a political shift in June, as the government seeks to close a capability gap in its defense buildup. The Executive Yuan had proposed an eight-year special defense budget of NT$1.25 trillion (US$38.7 billion), but the Legislative Yuan approved an opposition-backed version that capped spending at NT$780 billion, NT$470 billion below the Cabinet's proposal.

As frequency-control components move toward higher frequencies and smaller form factors, Tai-Saw Technology is leveraging synergies across its diversified product portfolio to expand into optical communications, low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and drone supply chains. Tight industry capacity and rising raw material costs, however, have extended lead times for some products to 10–12 weeks, prompting the company to gradually expand production.

SpaceX is in talks with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to provide billions of dollars' worth of data center capacity for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, marking a potential expansion of the company's role from launch services and satellite communications into AI infrastructure. The discussions remain ongoing and could still fall through, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Chinese foreign interference in the Netherlands' strategic industries should be treated as a systemic, long-term threat rather than a series of isolated incidents, according to "Beyond Borders," a report published under the China Knowledge Network (CKN) and written by analysts at the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS). The study warns that while individual acts of espionage, coercion, or influence may look manageable on their own, their aggregate effect risks eroding the Netherlands' technological edge, economic independence, and strategic autonomy.

Taiwan plans to increase its technology budget by 6.2% in 2027 to accelerate investment in artificial intelligence (AI), space technology and net-zero innovation. The move is also meant to strengthen long-term industrial competitiveness through closer collaboration with the private sector.