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.

Competition among major US cloud service providers (CSPs) and AI firms is intensifying, with Google currently perceived as holding a leading position in the overall AI market. Its advancements in AI foundational models, applications, cloud infrastructure, and especially its proprietary Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chips distinguish it from competitors.

Japanese measurement leader Horiba Ltd., active in Taiwan for nearly 30 years, has opened a new Application and Solutions Platform (ASP) instrumentation lab at its Hsinchu headquarters. The facility is designed to boost Horiba Taiwan’s technical services and reinforce its position in the global semiconductor and AI value chains.