KMT, TPP approve full drone budget

’FARCE’ The budget should not have been cut in the first place, a DPP official said, adding that proposing cuts and then withdrawing them was misleading the public By Chen Cheng-yu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA Add TT as Preferred Source In a dramatic reversal, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday approved the government’s NT$44.2 billion (US$1.38 billion) budget for the development and procurement of uncrewed vehicles until 2030.The KMT caucus had earlier proposed cutting the entire budget and later said it was considering a freeze.After negotiations, the KMT and TPP caucuses submitted a joint resolution instead. A surveillance drone is deployed during the Han Kuang exercises in Penghu on Wednesday. Photo courtes