Taiwan's UAV National Team will take shape in the second half of this year, and more than 3,000 UAVs under "Military Commercial Regulations" are expected to be mass-produced this year and delivered next year for field use.

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[Reporter Zhong Lihua/Taipei Report] Under the supervision of Vice President of the Executive Yuan Shen Rongjin, the "Military Commercial UAV Selection Operation Steering Group" established by the National Science Council, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Chinese Academy of Sciences completed five prototypes of UAVs last month. The selection of aircraft manufacturers will be continued this month, and the announcement will continue this month to select leading manufacturers for defense system integration. Taiwan's UAV national team will be formed in the second half of this year, and more than 3,000 UAVs in the "Military Commercial Regulations" are expected to be mass-produced this year and delivered next year. They will be used in the field. .

In order to build independent energy for national defense, the Tsai government listed the national defense industry as part of the "5+2 Industrial Innovation Plan" and combined private forces to jointly develop local defense-related industries. Among them, domestically-made aircraft and submarines are important achievements. The national manufacturing part includes drones. In addition to the research and development of "military military regulations" by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the private sector will also mass-produce "military commercial regulations" drones.

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Last month, the Ministry of Economic Affairs completed the selection of five UAV manufacturers for ship-based surveillance and reconnaissance, land-based surveillance and reconnaissance, surveillance and reconnaissance, target acquisition, and miniature drones, and nine operators were selected.

Informed officials explained that the nine companies must conduct research and development first, and complete small batch trial production of prototypes in July this year. The first phase of the Ministry of National Defense will first select qualified prototypes through restricted bidding, and then conduct selective bidding Purchase more than 3,000 drones from the industry.

Officials explained that the "military military regulation" UAV developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences involves sensitive core technology, and has relatively strict requirements for navigation anti-jamming, frequency hopping and spread spectrum, and image data transmission security. Therefore, the UAV of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has special purposes. The "Military Commercial Regulations" are small UAVs, which are currently planned to be used in field operations, and more than 3,000 will be purchased first. In the future, it will be decided whether to expand the purchase depending on operational needs.

As for the UAV defense system, the Ministry of National Defense has selected three types of "active radar", "passive radar" and "jamming system" to open private production. The Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that the selection operation will end on the 19th. Qualified manufacturers will complete trial production in September and can purchase in October.

Officials pointed out that due to the high technical nature of the defense system, the Chinese Academy of Sciences technology transfer will be used to allow module manufacturers to collaborate in production.

Since the selection and bidding process involves national defense sensitive materials, the Ministry of National Defense has required participating manufacturers to first submit a non-Chinese-funded or non-Chinese-funded company shareholding agreement, prohibit the use of any Chinese-made products or components, and sign a guarantee In order to obtain the detailed specifications of the military commercial UAV system and defense system, we must close the book.