Carbon-Based Technology wins Albatross II drone mass production contract

Carbon-Based Technology (CBT), a Taiwanese carbon fiber composite manufacturer, recently announced it has officially secured the contract for the Albatross II unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST). According to NCSIST’s plan, the company will produce the UAV’s core composite structures and undertake integration tasks, marking a new milestone in Taiwan’s domestic defense drone development.

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GMI Cloud to build US$500 million AI factory in Taiwan with 7,000 Blackwell Ultra GPUs

GMI Cloud, an Nvidia Cloud Partner (NCP) and GPU-as-a-Service provider, has announced plans to build a US$500 million AI Factory in Taiwan, adding new large-scale compute capacity to the region’s expanding AI infrastructure. The company said the facility is intended to support enterprises developing and deploying large AI models, forming part of a broader push to establish locally controlled, high-performance computing capabilities while maintaining access to advanced US technology.

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Taiwan applies chip-making prowess to satellite manufacturing, eyes global space supply chain

As the global space race intensifies, Taiwan’s ambitions in orbit are evolving rapidly. What began as an industry focused primarily on supplying components is now advancing toward full satellite system design and integration. The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) has been central to this shift. Over more than three decades, the agency has progressed from purchasing foreign-built satellites to absorbing external technologies and, eventually, to designing spacecraft independently—an effort to translate Taiwan’s strengths in semiconductors and ICT into an entry point to the global space supply chain. Its latest mission, Formosat-8, stands as a pivotal test of that strategy.

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