00:00The Papa Delta, which is also known as the Iron Triangle Drone, is designed to
00:05be low-cost and mass-producible. What inspired this product and what gap do
00:10you think you're filling in the modern warfare? Right now, we are
00:14spending a lot of money if we keep developing or keep using those couple
00:17million-dollar weapons. So that's why, you know, there's a need for the low-cost
00:23weapon, which is, you know, what we are here for the drone industry.
00:27Drone seems to be now is one of the lower-cost options here. But when you
00:32look at the low-cost, you know, you've got to look at the other hand as well. How
00:35fast can you produce that? That's the other key. The Papa Delta is coming from that
00:40concept. So WeFunderTiger actually has an aluminum technology. We also have a
00:45press technology that we make our USB already. So we already invest in our
00:50infrastructure that we can basically, I mean, you probably know this, for our USB,
00:54we can stamp out the hog within one giant press. So we see that actually we can
00:59mass-production this very quickly and easily and also very cost-effective.
01:05So we know ThunderTiger is currently the only Taiwanese drone company that has
01:09ever received the Blue UAS certification. Can you explain why this
01:15certification matters, not just for the developers, but also customers?
01:18The significance of the Blue UAS is because it's basically signaling, basically telling
01:23everybody that anyone in DOD or U.S. government can procure this product without
01:31much application. We let DOD take apart our drone and they cover everything, they
01:38take apart everything, make sure they are not from China and all that thing. So they
01:41already go through those process. And at the end, they approve it so they give us a
01:45blue UAS stamp. And I think that's very significant for us to go into the U.S.
01:50market because, I mean, we've got a DOD technical endorsement or certification. So I
01:55think it's going to be very helpful when we try to, you know, push this technology
01:59over Europe or elsewhere, you know.
02:02Taiwan's latest special defense budget bill does not include funding for domestic
02:07drone production. What do you think could be the impact on a drone company like
02:12Thunder Tiger and also the broader drone industry in Taiwan?
02:15I think obviously, you know, you know, it's a disappointment that, you know, it didn't
02:20get included, but, you know, and I, that's obviously very, you know, I think significant
02:24impact on the industry overall. There's a lot of company here that we do a lot of production
02:30in Taiwan and hoping this thing will go through it. If you look at the U.S., you know, you
02:36have
02:36noticed though, in December, they came up with this thing called drone dominance program, which
02:41is directly under DOW. It's a special budget or whatever. So the whole idea for them is
02:46they're also trying to grow the domestic manufacturers. So they, you know, they cut out this thing and
02:54then they set all the criteria and then they try to encourage people to apply. So I'm hoping
02:58that eventually, you know, the government, we will have something that can help the industry
03:02because I do believe that we do need our domestic, you know, and, you know, because I think that's
03:08just the way how it needs to happen.
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