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■Taiwan army corporal arrested on suspicion of selling brigade exercise data to China ■Malaysia narrows search for anti-ship missiles to arm its delayed first littoral combat ship ■Taiwan's first patrol drone boats run on US autonomy while the homegrown Endeavour Manta waits ■Pay rises have not filled Taiwan's frontline units, and the shortage now looks structural ■Taiwan's Military Police adds drone and air-defence companies and plans to 3D-print its own drones ■Marcos calls China's block on a navy medevac at Ayungin Shoal a new phase of escalation ■Taiwan army corporal arrested on suspicion of selling brigade exercise data to China ■Malaysia narrows search for anti-ship missiles to arm its delayed first littoral combat ship ■Taiwan's first patrol drone boats run on US autonomy while the homegrown Endeavour Manta waits ■Pay rises have not filled Taiwan's frontline units, and the shortage now looks structural ■Taiwan's Military Police adds drone and air-defence companies and plans to 3D-print its own drones ■Marcos calls China's block on a navy medevac at Ayungin Shoal a new phase of escalation

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A US Navy special warfare assault craft tows a grey MARTAC T-38 Devil Ray uncrewed surface vessel across Subic Bay

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Taiwan's first patrol drone boats run on US autonomy while the homegrown Endeavour Manta waits

Taiwan's coast guard chose a MARTAC design over CSBC's Endeavour Manta in October 2026. The hulls are local; the hard part, autonomy, is still imported.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 4 min read

Nine people in business attire give a thumbs-up on stage in front of a banner reading Aerospace and Defense Strategic Forum with TAITRA and TADTE logos.

Saronic urges Taiwan to buy reusable autonomous sea drones as grey-zone patrols wear down crews

At a TAITRA defence forum in Taipei on 7 October, US firms argued autonomy would spare ships and sailors, as the trade body unveiled a guide to Taiwan's uncrewed-systems makers.

TaiwanDefence · 4d ago · 3 min read

A white fixed-wing drone with long slender wings and four lift rotors hovers low over the grey flight deck of a ship, with blue sea and sky behind.

Taiwan coast guard shows US-made Jump 20 drone and M18 sea drone in public for first time

The Coast Guard Administration brought both uncrewed systems to a National Day rehearsal outside the Presidential Office; the drone is in service while the sea drone is still in training.

TaiwanDefence · 4d ago · 3 min read