China has successfully launched a new commercial heavy-lift rocket designed to support the country's rapidly expanding satellite-constellation ambitions, marking another step in Beijing's effort to build a lower-cost alternative to Western space-launch providers.
Europe's push to strengthen defense self-sufficiency is beginning to translate into tangible opportunities for military technology suppliers, with Taiwan-based rugged PC makers expecting a meaningful pickup in orders starting from 2026 as procurement programs move from planning to execution.
Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. said on June 10 that it had secured NT$12.8 billion (approx. US$400 million) in new orders in the first half of 2026, driven by demand for aircraft engines, including both renewals and new projects under long-term contracts. The firm reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of about NT$7.59 billion, roughly flat year-over-year, and said its Brave Eagle advanced jet trainer program remains on track to deliver all 66 aircraft by year-end despite ongoing supply-chain disruptions.
Sysgration expanded its industrial PC and edge-computing business into drone ground control systems and smart glasses, and said shipments of IPCs and drone GCS flight control systems scaled up to help lift May 2026 revenue. The firm reported consolidated revenue of about NT$308 million (approx. US$9.7 milllion) in May 2026, up 0.96% month-over-month and 15.29% year-over-year, and said related businesses now accounted for nearly 40% of revenue as IPC and drone shipments increased.
The US Department of Defense has updated its list of companies identified as Chinese military companies operating in the US, adding a wide range of technology, telecom, semiconductor, drone, and artificial intelligence firms.
Wireless technology provider Astrogate, founded in 2019, has built a Taiwan-based R&D operation into a business platform spanning wireless projection, AR smart glasses, and drones, and is now pushing deeper into Southeast Asia with a pure made-in-Taiwan approach. Since launching its own Astros brand in 2024, the company has quickly established a split business model in which branding and ODM operations each account for half of its revenue.
China is accelerating its push into space-based computing, betting that the next frontier of artificial intelligence infrastructure may lie beyond Earth.
A city in China has begun investigating the connections between its local companies and Dreame Technology, a Chinese company known for its robot vacuum cleaners that has reportedly spun off nearly 1000 affiliated companies within 18 months. The move follows a wave of online scrutiny over Dreame's business model, particularly its reliance on local state-owned funding while it aggressively seeks to expand into an expansive range of technology sectors.
SpaceX's multibillion-dollar cloud agreement with Google underscores a growing shift in the AI industry from building proprietary models to monetizing computing infrastructure. The deal not only secures a major recurring revenue stream ahead of SpaceX's IPO but also highlights persistent demand for AI capacity as technology companies race to meet surging enterprise adoption.
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has announced the signing of an authorization, assessment, and service agreement with the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) for the "Green Uncrewed Aircraft Systems" (Green UAS) program. Taiwan will become an AUVSI-recognized third-party assessment body and the first overseas accredited Green UAS evaluation organization outside the US, opening a direct path for Taiwanese companies to obtain certification and enter the US market.
As artificial intelligence drives an insatiable demand for computing power, China is beginning to look beyond terrestrial data centers and edge computing toward a new frontier: space.
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