00:00Can you share more concrete outcomes or takeaways you've got out of this trip?
00:04So we saw very clearly that there is strong camaraderie. So the U.S. companies are leading
00:10in autonomy and command and control and system integration, while Taiwan industry is highly
00:17capable in manufacturing, engineering, and scaling production. So that creates a real foundation for
00:24co-development and co-production, not just transactions. So this trip clarified that the
00:31real challenge is not individual platforms. It is supporting the whole ecosystem in innovation.
00:38So communication resilience, sensor integration, and also data architecture are something that
00:44Taiwan needs to work on. And in many cases, they're currently underdeveloped.
00:49So Taiwan's special defense budget is currently still stored in the legislature,
00:54and investment in domestic drone production is one of the hotly debated topics.
01:00What impact do you think would cutting that funding have on Taiwan's and the world's manufacturing
01:06supply chains of our main weapon systems?
01:08So the problem lies in the institution itself. So it's a system designed for peacetime,
01:16the liberation and oversight, and not for lightning speed adaptation that unmanned warfare now demands.
01:22So if the funding, and to your point, I mean, if the funding is cut or delayed even further,
01:27it won't just slow down the drone production. That's the surface effect. But in a longer term,
01:34right, it will keep Taiwan locked into a rigid system that can adapt at speed for this kind of war.
01:40And that directly undermines our defensive strategy, which relies on massive quantity
01:46of adjustable systems that can evolve faster than the PLA can counter them.
01:51So in your meetings with Taiwanese officials during this trip, are there any key concerns raised by
01:59both sides, like US and Taiwan?
02:01So there's definitely concern about what exactly people are doing with the USBs or unmanned systems in general.
02:09And of course, the Taiwan Navy and Coast Guard, they're looking at experiences from the US,
02:15also from Ukraine. But some of these scenarios may not be the right answers for Taiwan,
02:21since we're operating in a different environment. So I believe it would definitely help
02:29for the Taiwanese government or the acquisition authorities to continue their conversation with
02:36the private sector to understand the trends in terms of technology and also
02:42the private sector's experience with foreign governments or foreign operators, so that Taiwan could
02:49strengthen and also have a more informed concept operations, which could lead to better requirements for the USVs
03:02than UUVs and all other unmanned systems.
03:04have a lot of questions.
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