Taiwan teams up with Shield AI to develop intelligent unmanned systems
Taiwan's military has signed a contract to integrate U.S.-based defence-technology firm Shield AI's technology to build intelligent unmanned systems, a move aimed at boosting the island's effort to use drones to counter the rising threat from China. *
Shield AI called the collaboration an "important foundation" that could lead to broader adoption of autonomous software with Taiwan's top military research body, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST). *
Under the agreement, NCSIST will integrate Shield AI's Hivemind platform into its unmanned systems, hoping to "multiply" Taiwan's combat power, which has limited manpower*
The effort comes as Taiwan seeks to expand security ties with the U.S., including jointly developing and manufacturing weapons, while China steps up military pressure to force the democratically governed island to accept Beijing's sovereignty claims.
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