Industry urges passing of drone budget

STABILITY: The sector is in need of steady and consistent investment across the entire supply chain, with large projects that can anchor research and development By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Industry leaders and security researchers yesterday urged lawmakers to pass the government’s special budget for drones a day after the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus said it would freeze the budget for the Executive Yuan’s drone industry plan rather than scrapping it. If the budget is not passed, Taiwan could miss the window to obtain key military capabilities, they added.They made the remarks at a public meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Economics Committee. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chung Chia-pin, standing, presides over an Economics Comm