
Vice President Xiao Meiqin came to visit, and Lei Hu actively sought bids for the procurement of unmanned boats for the national army.
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The Chinese military plans to purchase approximately 1,400 unmanned boats with a total scale of 30 billion yuan.
Vice President Xiao Meiqin visited the Leihu exhibition area, and was personally accompanied by Chairman Chen Guanru to introduce the research and development results of the SeaShark series.
Leihu Technology's (8033) SeaShark 600 (Sea Shark 600) unmanned boat was dynamically demonstrated at the "2026 Taiwan Marine Technology and Unmanned Vehicle Exhibition (MATURE Taiwan)" in Tainan on November 2. Leihu said that there were three manufacturers of real-ship demonstrations, and Leihu was the only Taiwanese company, and it had completed figure-of-eight navigation, high-speed rotation, autonomous navigation, and autonomous detection and obstacle avoidance.
Vice President Xiao Meiqin visited the Leihu exhibition area, and was personally accompanied by Chairman Chen Guanru to introduce the research and development results of the SeaShark series.
Chen Guanru said that the SeaShark 600 demonstrated this time is equipped with a control system independently developed by Leihu. The same hull can be equipped with the American AI independent system or the Thunder Tiger independent research and development system according to the needs. Both architectures have been actually verified, and this architecture is prepared for the national military procurement. The core technology is in Taiwan, and maintenance and upgrades are also in Taiwan.
Leihu pointed out that the hull is made of lightweight stamped aluminum alloy and has a modular design, which is consistent with mass production. It can be equipped with a US-made Mercury power system and can be transported across regions in a container to support maritime patrol, surveillance and maritime security tasks.
In response to the national army's plan to purchase approximately 1,400 unmanned boats with a total scale of 30 billion yuan, Lei Hu said that after the competent authority formally accepts the application, the company will participate in the proof of concept (POC) in accordance with the requirements of the announcement and strive for subsequent bids. The actual procurement quantity, budget and schedule shall be subject to the official announcement of the competent authority.
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