Taiwan taps US startup Vatn for modular S12 undersea drones – Washington’s ally turns to cheaper underwater…
- Vatn Systems will help Taiwan build AI-powered undersea drone command systems
- Neither side has revealed how much money this partnership actually involves
- Taiwan explores Vatn’s modular S12 drones for its future undersea defense needs
Vatn Systems, a United States-based defense technology company, has agreed to explore joint undersea defense projects with Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST).
The agreement, signed on behalf of Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, opens a new chapter in the island's search for naval modernization partners.
It arrives at a moment when regional tensions have pushed several allied nations to rethink how undersea warfare and deterrence should actually function.
Vatn brings modular S12 drones
The Memorandum of Understanding lays out a framework for both organizations to jointly develop artificial intelligence-enabled command-and-control systems for undersea operations.
It also calls for the fielding of autonomous underwater vehicles, including Vatn's S12 AUV, a modular platform built...
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