Aircraft

V-BAT

Shield AI's group 3 surveillance drone for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work.

Description source: shield.ai

Photograph from the taipeitimes.com report
From coverage: Taiwan plans a 280-aircraft V-BAT purchase. Image: via taipeitimes.com

Coverage

Collected 25 October 2026

Taiwan plans a 280-aircraft V-BAT purchase

Taiwan's big drone buy (reported October 17): the navy plans to acquire 280 V-BAT vertical-takeoff reconnaissance drones from Shield AI under a four-year, TWD 36 billion (about USD 1.1 billion) program; with 12 already delivered to the…

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