# Taiwan and dual-use drone production

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-and-dual-use-drone-production/259048>\
**Category:** Taiwan Politics\
**Created:** [August 13, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-and-dual-use-drone-production/259048 "2026-08-13T03:31:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-and-dual-use-drone-production/259048/1 "2026-08-13T03:31:21Z")

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University of Nottingham has a good article.

> **[Taiwan Insight](https://taiwaninsight.org/)**
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> The online magazine of the Taiwan Research Hub

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**Author:** ![bz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@bz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bz)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-and-dual-use-drone-production/259048/2 "2026-08-13T04:11:29Z")

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[Direct link](https://taiwaninsight.org/2026/08/11/a-dual-use-defence-industry-for-taiwan-potential-and-pitfalls/)

There should be a sizeable market in America if they can produce something like the DJI units.

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**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-and-dual-use-drone-production/259048/3 "2026-08-13T04:17:55Z")

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Already lots of articles on this, drone exports have racked up massively this year to Poland and Czech and also collaboration with US companies.

They aren’t similar to DJI and not targeting consumer market afaik.

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**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-and-dual-use-drone-production/259048/4 "2026-08-24T13:24:33Z")

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Saudi Arabia has put in an order.

 ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/4X/2/5/e/25e77d22bf3665f201db1fad24b35eb666813ada.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-and-dual-use-drone-production/259048/5 "2026-08-24T16:06:57Z")

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The czech ones are probably going to Ukraine?

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**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-and-dual-use-drone-production/259048/6 "2026-08-24T16:09:08Z")

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> [@Brianjones](#):
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> The czech ones are probably going to Ukraine?

Yes, Polish ones too.