AIT unveils test range, highlights defense cooperationBy Hollie Younger / Staff writerUS defense company Northrop Grumman has installed a medium caliber ammunition test range in Taiwan, enabling the Ministry of National Defense to test ammunition to global industry standards, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene said today. American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymond Greene speaks at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research’s “Strengthening Resilience: Defense as the Engine of Development” seminar in Taipei today. That would enhance global supply chain resilience across products such as the Ghost-X UAS, which is sold to the US and international partners, he said. Greene highlighted the US President Donald Trump administration’s contributions to Taiwan’s defense efforts, including the establishment of supply chains for drones and autonomous systems, offers of security assistance and the expansion of domestic defense industrial bases. Greene also noted Taiwan’s most recent contributions to its own defense, including President William Lai’s (賴清德) NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.5 billion) special defense budget and his pledge to increase defense spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2030.
