Thunder Tiger
Taichung drone and uncrewed-vehicle maker listed in Taiwan; delivered 1,520 FPV drones to the Pentagon.
Thunder Tiger's team finished its Pentagon Gauntlet I order of 1,520 drones with no inspection failures, the company announced on 16 October 2026, and it agreed a Switchblade memorandum with AeroVironment the same week.
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Delivered 1,520 FPV attack drones to the Pentagon
Drones: Industry & Defence: Thunder Tiger delivers Gauntlet I dronesBackground
On 16 October 2026 Thunder Tiger announced that its Gauntlet I team, partnered with Rehfeldt Group and Farage Precision, had completed delivery of 1,520 FPV attack drones to the Pentagon, with none failing inspection. At the AUSA show in Washington it also agreed a memorandum with AeroVironment covering Switchblade on Thunder Tiger's uncrewed surface and ground vehicles, plus possible joint drone production in Taiwan. That deal gives Taiwan a foothold in US drone supply chains that avoid China.
Founded in Taichung in 1979 and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange as 8033, Thunder Tiger began in radio-controlled models. It now makes FPV strike drones, Seashark uncrewed surface vessels and the Seawolf 400 underwater vehicle, and became a prime contractor in Taiwan's national drone programme after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Programme-wide, Gauntlet I suppliers had shipped 13,440 drones against orders for 22,320 as of 25 August 2026. At home, Taiwan's August 2026 drone act tells the Defence Ministry to give domestic makers priority.
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