Tag Archives: Taiwan

Asymmetrical warfare focus has Taiwan drone companies upping…

By Sean Lin, CNA staff writer From battlegrounds in Ukraine to Taiwan’s offshore military outposts, drones have become synonymous with 21st century warfare, and their stealth, maneuverability, and relatively low cost suggest they could play an even greater role in the future. Ukraine has demonstrated their effectiveness in asymmetric warfare …

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China Eases Age Limits For Military Recruitment Amid Taiwan …

Amid simmering tensions across the Taiwan Strait, China has rolled out a People’s Liberation Army recruitment program with relaxed age limits and prioritizing recruiting university students with STEM skills. What Happened: In the second leg of this year’s recruitment program due to start this month, the age limit for postgraduate …

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500 Global in Partnership with Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) and t…

(MENAFN- Media OutReach Limited) TAIPEI, TAIWAN  – Media OutReach  – 14 October 2021 – Venture capital firm 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups), is holding the inaugural digital demo day of 500 Global Accelerator Taiwan with TTA. On October 22, 20 startups in the first batch will present their solutions in a range of sectors, …

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US Government approves drone sale to Taiwan, in arms deal ex…

The US State Department has cleared the potential sale of four “weapons-ready” aerial drones to Taiwan. Key points: The $US600 million ($833 million) deal would be the first such sale since the Trump administration loosened US policy on the export of sophisticated and closely guarded drone technology. The move is …

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US plans to sell more drones, missiles to Taiwan: Report | C…

Administration proposes sale of more sophisticated weaponry to the self-ruled island as China ratchets up pressure. The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan as Beijing intensifies pressure on the democratic island it claims as its own. Officials told Congress on Tuesday that …

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Will Taiwan Build Its Own Fearsome Killer Drones?

Key point: Taipei is looking for new technologies and weapons to deter Beijing, and that includes drones. China already has its own attack drones, so Taiwan might as well get its own too. Taiwan reportedly has solved a problem that has prevented the island country from developing its own medium-altitude attack …

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Taiwan tests Terra Drone and Unifly’s drone traffic manageme…

Terra Drone Corporation has successfully demonstrated to Taiwanese government officials an unmanned traffic management (UTM) system developed jointly with Unifly. The test run of the UTM was conducted at Fukushima Robot Test Field in Japan in the presence of more than a dozen officials from Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, …

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Taiwan follows US in shutting out China’s top tech

TAIPEI — Taiwan is widening its crackdown on government procurement of Chinese technology to servers, cloud computing and other services and equipment, which is expected to include Alibaba Group Holding, Huawei Technologies, Lenovo Group and Xiaomi, citing security risks. The Nikkei Asian Review in January first reported that Taiwan was drafting a …

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