Taiwanese tech firm AbonMax has unveiled the Cobra-3120, a domestically developed tactical drone modeled after the US-made Switchblade, marking a significant step forward for the island’s private development of defense products.

Taiwan’s government has instructed leading industrial research institutions, such as the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the Metal Industries Research and Development Centre (MIRDC), and the Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI), to open 50 state-of-the-art AI-equipped production lines for developing innovative products, according to Hsiang-yuan Ting, director at the Department of Industrial Technology (DOIT) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). By using these lines for design, trial production, and quality inspection, the goal is to accelerate development and innovation.

Following its appearance at the Smart City Summit in March 2025, a Ukrainian business delegation has returned to Taiwan to deepen cooperation across four key sectors as part of Ukraine’s national reconstruction efforts.

While major economies wrestle with an oversupply of renewable energy, Taiwan stands out as a rare case of persistent green power shortage, with slow regulatory approvals hampering solar development and prompting calls for urgent policy reform.