The Coast Guard has not purchased the "Endeavor Manta" unmanned boat from Taiwan. Military experts reveal the reason

Endeavor Manta, a military-grade unmanned ship developed by Taiwanese ships.

The Coast Guard recently announced the purchase of the first MARTAC "T-24" unmanned boat. The outside world is curious why they don't buy the Taiwanese ship's "Endeavor Manta" unmanned boat? Ji Dongyun, chairman of the Taiwan Security Development Association, analyzed that because the "Endeavor Devil Ray" is still in its infancy, purchasing mature products from the United States can help it form combat capabilities faster.

The Coast Guard announced the first MARTAC "T-24" unmanned boat.

Looking back on March last year, Taiwan Shipbuilding launched its first military-grade unmanned attack vessel, the "Endeavour Manta", which can carry light torpedoes and high explosives, and has functions such as AI recognition, autonomous collision avoidance, group control and anti-hijacking. Later, every time the submarine Haikun left port for testing, the "Endeavor Manta" accompanied it in Kaohsiung Port, which was very eye-catching.

The Taiwanese ship "Endeavor Manta" unmanned boat and the accompanying submarine Haikun are very eye-catching.

After the Coast Guard announced the purchase of the first MARTAC "T-24" unmanned boat, netizens questioned: "Didn't you say that we want to implement domestic shipbuilding? Why not buy the Endeavor Manta Ray?"

Ji Dongyun analyzed that the "Endeavor Manta" was developed by Taiwan Shipbuilding Company, Taiwan Shipbuilding Industry, and is still in its prototype. Considering that it must be able to go to sea in the seventh-level walrus and carry weapons, it was designed as a three-hull. It can be regarded as the most self-developed suicide drone in Taiwan that can withstand harsh walruses.

However, the "Endeavor Manta" can currently only be remotely controlled and operated by personnel. It lacks AI autonomous navigation capabilities. It will take a long time to develop independently. Therefore, Taiwan Shipbuilding signed a contract with the United States a few months ago to authorize cooperative production to significantly shorten the time and obtain a more mature design, with the focus on entering the U.S. supply chain.

It is understood that the Chinese Academy of Sciences, entrusted by the Coast Guard, signed a cooperation agreement with the American company MARTAC in September last year to conduct "joint development and local production of intelligent maritime autonomous obstacle avoidance and multi-purpose application configurations for unmanned vessels." The company's AI-assisted ship navigation system will be introduced to strengthen the capabilities of Taiwan's military unmanned vessels for autonomous navigation, interception and multi-vessel coordinated operations.