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according to taiwan media reports, under the coordination of the american institute in taiwan (ait) and the international trade administration of the u.s. department of commerce, more than 20 representatives from u.s. drone and anti-drone system companies and pentagon officials visited taiwan in recent days.

taiwan's united news network revealed in a report yesterday that a total of 26 u.s. drone-related company executives formed a "drone development delegation" and arrived in taiwan last sunday (september 22). according to the plan, the delegation members went to the "academia sinica" under the taiwan defense department for a "visit" yesterday (23rd), and held "manufacturer-media cooperation" and related forum activities today and tomorrow to discuss the "current status of industrial cooperation" between u.s. and taiwan drones and the market prospects of future "joint production".

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according to taiwan's central news agency, taiwan's defense department director gu lixiong previously revealed that in order to strengthen the so-called "asymmetric combat power" and "drone combat power", the "defense innovation group" established by the taiwan defense department has had "in-depth exchanges" with the us defense innovation unit (diu). the us drone industry delegation will stay in taiwan until the 25th, during which time it will meet with local drone industry professionals, scientific research and taiwan military personnel.

according to reports, american drone companies participating in this delegation include general atomics aeronautical systems, northrop grumman, aevex aerospace, brinc drones, etc. some companies, including aevex, are participating in the delegation to taiwan again after their unannounced visit in early june this year.

in order to welcome the visit of the us delegation, the relevant industries on the island also responded very positively. under the coordination of taiwan's economic authorities, the "taiwan excellent uav overseas business opportunities alliance" (hereinafter referred to as the "alliance") was established on the 10th of this month, led by "hanxiang industries" and other companies. its goal is to "achieve a tenfold increase in the output value of drones on the island by 2028" and "target a monthly production capacity of 15,000 drones." taiwanese media also hyped that taiwan will build the first so-called "non-red supply chain" (that is, a full western supply chain that excludes chinese mainland companies, components and raw materials - editor's note) center for drones in the asia-pacific region in the future.

"united news network" reported yesterday that the "alliance" held a "swearing-in ceremony" that day, with representatives from the taiwan authorities' economic departments, relevant member companies, local practitioners and relevant research institutions present. hu kaihong, chairman of taiwan hanxiang industrial, who serves as the chairman of the "alliance", claimed that he would take stock of the capabilities of various companies on the island in the near future and strive for orders through international business media cooperation. guo zhihui, head of taiwan's economic department, also said that this "alliance" will represent taiwan in the future to strive for so-called "official-to-official" international market orders. in mid-october this year, the "alliance" will also organize a delegation to japan, the united states, lithuania and other places to seek so-called "international cooperation."

in addition, the local media also reported that the "jian xiang" anti-radiation suicide drone developed by the taiwan "national chung-shan institute of science and technology" would be "sold on behalf of" the us arms companies, but the taiwan "national chung-shan institute of science and technology" said today that the reports on this matter are currently "speculative content" and therefore "will not comment". however, gu lixiong said in an interview today that the taiwan "national chung-shan institute of science and technology" will not miss the opportunity to "join the international supply chain."