US-Taiwan Defense Integration To Build China-Free Drone Supply Chain
The US-Taiwan drone partnership is accelerating as Washington moves to strengthen supply chains that exclude China, with new legislation and policy initiatives aimed at boosting joint development and industrial integration. US officials have stressed that Taiwan’s drone sector is becoming central not only to its own defense modernization but also to the future of allied drone production. Taiwan, for its part, is positioning unmanned systems as a core pillar of its asymmetric defense strategy while building domestic manufacturing capacity and deeper cooperation with American firms. Can this emerging US-Taiwan drone ecosystem realistically break dependence on China’s supply chain? And how far can drones reshape Taiwan’s deterrence posture in a potential cross-strait conflict? In this episode, we examine the Blue Skies initiative, US-Taiwan defense-industrial coordination and the evolving role of drones in modern warfare. *Recorded on June 25, 2026 at 3:15pm Taiwan Standard Time Host: Wen-Ti Sung Producer: Miguel Yang Our guests: Kang Li - National Taiwan University Unmanned Vehicles R&D Center Director H.P. Wang - Forward Horizon Group Partner
