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US firm plans expanded AUV deployment in Taiwan

US company Vatn Systems signed a memorandum with Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology to expand deployment of its S12 autonomous underwater vehicles. The cooperation covers AI-enabled command and control, local supply and sustainment capacity, and potential missions including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, decoy activity and kinetic roles. The memorandum does not specify a contract value, vehicle quantity or delivery timetable, and follow-on procurement terms have not been announced.

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