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Friday 19 September 2025

Taiwan's leading alloy maker boosts titanium output as demand climbs

As Western nations ramp up defense spending, Taiwan-based S-Tech Corp, a manufacturer of high-performance alloy materials, is seeing over 50% of its revenue now generated in Europe, primarily through the supply of specialty steels. With European defense policies moving from rhetoric to implementation, the company anticipates growing momentum for its defense-related businesses.

Friday 19 September 2025

TADTE 2025 reaches record scale as US and Ukraine procurement teams focus on drones

The Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE 2025) kicked off on September 18, reflecting how geopolitical conflicts have heightened global attention on the military industry. James Huang, chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), observed that this year's exhibition reached a record scale with an energetic atmosphere comparable to Computex.

Friday 19 September 2025

Drone supply chains decoupling from China creates opportunities for Taiwan chipmakers

The Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE 2025) highlighted advanced drones and AI chips, with local firms like Elan Microelectronics targeting non-red supply chains and commercial applications.

Friday 19 September 2025

Cub Elecparts enters C-UAS market with civilian sensor tech

Cub Elecparts, a long-time developer of automotive electronic sensors and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), announced on September 18 its official entry into the counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) market, extending its civilian sensing technologies into high-barrier defense technology.

Thursday 18 September 2025

TADTE 2025 opens with record scale as Taiwan expands defense and aerospace role

The biennial Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE 2025) opened this week, marking the largest event in its history — both in scale and significance. The surge in participation from Taiwan's government, domestic manufacturers, and foreign defense firms underscores the island's rising importance in the global security and supply chain landscape.

Thursday 18 September 2025

Inside TADTE 2025: Taiwan touts 3D-printed drones, HIMARS systems, and a new US defense supply chain

The Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE 2025) kicks off this week, with Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense offering a preview on September 17 of new systems designed to strengthen indigenous defense production and deepen Taiwan-US defense collaboration.

Wednesday 17 September 2025

Tron Future Tech to unveil anti-drone systems at Taiwan defense show

Tron Future Tech will present new counter-drone systems, satellite solutions, and AI-enabled defense technologies at the Taiwan Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (TATDE), which runs September 18-20 in Taipei.

Monday 15 September 2025

Taiwan's AIDC and US defense firm Shield AI partner to build drone ecosystem

Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) announced on Sunday that it has signed a formal teaming agreement with US defense technology company Shield AI, marking a major step toward developing an integrated, end-to-end ecosystem for advanced unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the Indo-Pacific.

Monday 15 September 2025

Ukraine's Skyeton brings war-tested drones to Taiwan defense expo

Ukrainian drones have earned a strong reputation on the battlefield after more than three years of conflict, becoming both frontline mainstays and global benchmarks for military technology.

Sunday 14 September 2025

LLMs on drones to pave way for automated airspace defense

Potential uses for drones are ever-increasing, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once stating that 34% of Russia's bombers were destroyed using just 117 drones. This offers valuable experience for Taiwan, according to Teng-hu Cheng, chief robotics scientist at Tron Future: the 117 drones caused approximately US$7 billion in losses to Russia, while their cost was four orders of magnitude lower, demonstrating a massive leverage effect.

Friday 12 September 2025

Auden Techno sees growth in August, Vietnam plant to start production in 2H26

Auden Techno, a Taiwan-based radio frequency antenna and communications module manufacturer, announced its consolidated revenue for August 2025 reached NT$154 million (approx. US$5.08 million), marking a sequential increase of 0.43% and a year-over-year increase of 1.6%. The cumulative consolidated revenue for the first eight months of 2025 totaled NT$1.05 billion.

Thursday 11 September 2025

Taiwan to showcase next-gen defense at TADTE 2025, highlighting UAVs and naval innovations

Taiwan is set to showcase its cutting-edge defense technology next week at the 2025 Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE 2025). Following this week's SEMICON semiconductor show (September 10–12), the biennial event (September 18–20) will highlight the island's latest innovations and outline strategic blueprints for the future of defense technology.

Wednesday 10 September 2025

Thunder Tiger unveils new unmanned surface vessel targeting large Taiwan defense contract

Taiwanese drone manufacturer Thunder Tiger announced it will launch its latest 6-meter-class unmanned surface vessel (USV), the SeaShark 600 Stealth, at next week's 2025 Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE). Equipped with stealth coating and robust anti-jamming capabilities, the SeaShark 600 aims to secure a major procurement order from Taiwan's military, which recently released plans to procure up to 1,300 USVs with a total budget reaching several billion New Taiwan dollars.

Wednesday 10 September 2025

Growth in military and semiconductor sectors fuels new momentum for IPC firms

Industrial PC (IPC) companies have begun releasing their revenue figures for August 2025. Despite challenges from the global high-interest-rate environment and geopolitical tensions, overall performance continues to demonstrate resilience through regional and application expansion. Beyond ongoing development of integrated hardware-software solutions, emerging demands in military, edge computing, and semiconductor automation are becoming key strategic focuses for these companies.

Monday 8 September 2025

Emerging technologies in US national defense, Part 1: Space domain awareness (SDA)

A number of offices under the US Department of Defense, defense industry companies, and civilian military research institutions have proposed key emerging technologies that the US should strengthen in response to ongoing military competition worldwide. Going ahead, these technologies will lay out new blueprints for the US's national security, military operations, and strategy, and developments in the defense industry, and enhance the overall combat capabilities of the military's C4I automated command systems.

Monday 8 September 2025

Taiwan announces six new breakthroughs that address key drone gaps

Drones have proven their value in a wide range of applications, including agricultural spraying, bridge and infrastructure inspection, deep-sea fish scouting, high-voltage tower insulator string cleaning, logistics, and military operations, with rapidly advancing technologies further heightening their importance. To address current gaps in critical drone technologies, Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has officially announced a forward-looking research and development plan focusing on six key technical domains that urgently require breakthroughs and solutions.

Saturday 6 September 2025

Altek obtains AS9100 certification, officially entering aerospace supply chain

Taiwanese AI vision solution provider Altek announced on September 4 that it has obtained AS9100 certification for quality management systems in the aerospace and defense industries. This achievement marks the company's successful entry into the global drone and aerospace supply chain and demonstrates its capabilities in high-reliability and high-safety manufacturing, as well as highlights the international competitiveness of its research and design abilities.

Friday 5 September 2025

Japan’s 2026 drone budget surges to record-high US$2.13 billion

Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced in late August its defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 (April 2026 to March 2027), reaching a record high of JPY 8.8454 trillion (roughly US$60.2 billion), of which the JPY 312.8 billion (roughly US$2.13 billion) allocated for drones also marks a new peak, at roughly three times the amount allocated in fiscal year 2025.

Thursday 4 September 2025

US Defense Innovation Unit chief's sudden ouster raises future concerns

The US defense procurement system has increasingly emphasized technological breakthroughs and industrial innovation at defense startups. Yet at this critical juncture, the Trump administration has unexpectedly dismissed Doug Beck, director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), who has played a key role in acquisition reform.

Tuesday 2 September 2025

Taiwan's new economics minister urges state-supported R&D institutions to take on national security roles

Taiwan's new economics minister, Ming-Hsin Kung, emphasized on the first day in office that state-supported organizations under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) should actively participate in research and development tasks related to the military industry and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), contributing their part to national security.

Monday 1 September 2025

Swancor Holding trims stake in materials arm to fuel robotics and aerospace push

Swancor Holding will divest part of its stake in Swancor Advanced Materials after a September 1 shareholder vote, a step designed to unlock capital and realign its portfolio toward robotics and aerospace expansion.

Sunday 31 August 2025

Unmanned boat demand boosts outlook for Taiwan’s leading shipbuilders

Taiwan's 2026 defense budget is set to approach NT$1 trillion amid increases in military spending and heightened defense policies. This will lead to a major boost in maritime and aerial contracts in the short term, including the largest-ever procurement of drones at 50,000 units. Additionally, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology's (NCSIST) "Kuachi" attack-type unmanned boats have recently passed operational evaluations, with mass production expected to begin in 2026, and orders for more than 1,000 units are expected.

Friday 29 August 2025

Nokia eyes defense market with backpack-style battlefield communication system

As global defense spending continues to rise, the military industry shows clear growth trends. Nokia is targeting the defense sector with tactical wireless network systems for battlefield communication.

Thursday 28 August 2025

South Korea emerges as drone industry contender amid de-China trends

As geopolitical factors and the demand for technological sovereignty shake up the global drone industry, South Korean drone companies are now emerging as alternatives to Chinese manufacturers, particularly with the US aiming to exclude DJI and other China-based firms.

Thursday 28 August 2025

AIDC chairman to step down with current president to be acting chairman

Taiwan-based Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) announced on August 28 that current chairman Kai-Hung Hu will step down as his term expires, with president Chin-Pin Tsao appointed as acting chairman. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will appoint a permanent successor in due course.

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