For US unmanned-vehicle makers entering Taiwan: one partner for local operations and IP.

Win contracts in Taiwan without spending a year building a team there.

From customs clearance and warranty repair to patent protection, you used to need five local vendors. Now you need one point of contact: TIS.

Why Taiwan, why now

Demand is arriving faster than sustainment capacity.

  • 48,750aircraft in the Armaments Bureau's 2026–2027 procurement
  • ~21×growth in Taiwan UAV exports from 2024 to 2025
Why Taiwan, in full

Taiwan's unmanned-vehicle ecosystem partner

TIS brings an island-wide service network, certified unmanned-vehicle repair capability, and patent protection and licensing together in one ecosystem.

You don't spend a year building your own organisation in Taiwan, and you don't commit fixed costs before demand is certain.

  • Service capacityPG Union

    30+ years of local import and after-sales operations

  • Capability liftingTaiwan leading UAV manufacturer

    1,150+ avionics components repaired

    AS9100 · AS9110 · ISO 27001 certified for avionics quality and information security

  • IP servicesInnovue

    180M-patent database from Innovue, behind our IP work

The patent portfolio and the MRO business are separate assets.

How the ecosystem works

Three pillars, one contract

Sustain

Local MRO capacity that keeps your contracts on track.

What Sustain covers
  • Repaired in Taiwan, ready when you need it

    Sites across the island, certified technicians and local spares mean repairs happen close to where your systems operate. Nothing ships back to the factory, so you skip the round-trip freight and export paperwork, and downtime is shorter. In Taiwan, high readiness is the reference that wins the next order.

  • Repairs without data leaks

    Your technical data is handled only by approved people, in approved spaces: segregated storage, logged access and visitor control, with an ISO 27001-certified capability partner. No parts of PRC origin or from red-supply-chain sources.

  • ITAR compliance, covered on our side

    Repairing defense articles requires a US-approved TAA, which you file. TIS prepares everything on the Taiwan side: personnel lists and screening, facility and data controls, contract annexes. That means fewer rounds of documents for you. Until the TAA is approved, we don't touch a single defense article.

Protect

Lock in your technology lead before competitors can move into the gap.

How the retainer works
  • Know what Taiwan's buyers require

    We track Taiwan's military tenders for you, obtain and translate the tender documents, and set out the specification, localisation and supply-chain requirements, so your product plan and patent strategy are aimed at real demand from day one.

  • See the patent risk before you launch

    Before your systems arrive, we check local patents against a 180M-patent database, identify infringement risk, and propose a design-around or a licence.

  • A Taiwan-first patent strategy

    Once your systems are fielded in Taiwan, they can be studied and copied. We review your Taiwan patent coverage and close the gaps first, then plan for Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, India and Europe, with quarterly tracking of technology white space and competitor moves.

  • Checked at every step, from filing to office action

    From pre-filing strategy and draft-quality review to office-action strategy at 4 patent offices: Taiwan, the US, Japan and Korea. Our fee depends on whether your protection works, not on how many applications you file.

License

Flexible licensing that speeds up local market entry and partnerships.

See licensing services
  • Licensing in and out, with the right counterparties

    Taiwan has no established patent-licensing intermediary. We find the local patents you need to license, from ITRI, NCSIST, universities and local makers, and the local suppliers, integrators and operators who need your technology. Then we help negotiate the terms.

  • Make your Taiwan patents pay

    The patents you file in Taiwan can be licensed to local companies, turning them into royalty income and leverage in negotiations.

  • Pay for results, carry less risk

    Licensing services can run on a success fee: you pay when a licence is signed, not a large advisory fee up front.

  • Faster local partnerships

    A licence lowers the technical and regulatory hurdles of working with local assemblers and suppliers.

Why TIS

Your Taiwan sustainment starts on day one, scales with your fleet and runs under one contract.

  • Faster start

    Skip 12 months of local set-up. When your systems arrive, someone is already there to take over repairs.

  • Lower cost

    No fixed capital expenditure. Maintenance fees scale with your fleet.

  • More efficient

    One point of contact for the whole process, from customs clearance to warranty repair.

About TIS

Taiwan's ecosystem partner for unmanned‑vehicle makers

We hold the contract, run the program and own the SLA. Partners bring service capacity, UV capability and patent data.

  • Suntek Group / PG UnionService capacity: nine companies and an island-wide network
  • Taiwan leading UAV manufacturerCapability lifter: brings service partners to UV grade; AS9100 / AS9110
  • Innovue(opens in new tab)IP technology: a 180M-patent database; portfolio co-applicant
Office hours
Taipei (UTC+8) · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00
Address
No. 4-8, Qingdao E. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan
UBN
60331107
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