台湾海岸警卫队正在购买由美国设计的全自动水面航行器，用于其首个专门针对无人驾驶船只的监控项目，以提升其侦测和追踪在台湾周边活动的中国大陆船只的能力。
Taiwan’s coastguard is buying US-designed uncrewed surface vessels for its first dedicated drone-boat programme to strengthen its ability to detect and track the growing presence of mainland Chinese vessels operating around the island.
总部位于佛罗里达州的Maritime Tactical Systems（Martac）公司周二宣布，这笔交易涉及一定数量的Devil Ray T24型自主航行器，这些船只将在美国和台湾两地生产。
Florida-based Maritime Tactical Systems (Martac) announced on Tuesday that the deal covered an undisclosed number of its Devil Ray T24 autonomous boats, with production planned for both the United States and Taiwan.
Martac将此次交易称为“美国制造的全自动水面航行器领域最重要的国际采购案例之一”；而Martac在台湾的合作方Confucian公司的首席执行官James Lee则称这是台湾海岸警卫队“首个无人驾驶船只项目”。
Martac described the deal as “one of the most significant international purchases” of US-made uncrewed surface vessels, while James Lee, chief executive of Confucian, Martac’s Taiwanese partner, described it as the coastguard agency’s “first unmanned surface vessel programme”.
根据《南华早报》分析的台湾国防部数据，近年来中国大陆在台湾周边的海上活动显著增加，6月、7月和8月，海岸警卫队、研究机构及其他政府部门的船只观测次数均创下历史新高。
The procurement follows a sharp increase in mainland Chinese maritime activity around Taiwan, with coastguard, research and other government vessel sightings reaching record levels in June, July and August, according to Taiwanese defence ministry figures analysed by the South China Morning Post.
自6月以来，北京方面也加强了在台湾东部的海岸警卫队巡逻力度，并将这些巡逻活动描述为常规的执法行动。
Beijing has also expanded its coastguard operations east of Taiwan, maintaining regular patrols in the area since June and describing them as routine law enforcement.
此次采购是基于Martac、Confucian公司与台湾国立中山科技大学（NCSIST）在2025年建立的合作伙伴关系。据台湾媒体报道，NCSIST是台湾海岸警卫队采购25艘全自动水面航行器项目的主要承包商。
The drone deal builds on a 2025 partnership between Martac, Confucian and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), which Taiwanese media identified as the main contractor for a wider coastguard programme to acquire 25 uncrewed surface vessels.
Martac与NCSIST的合作还包括人工智能辅助的目标追踪技术、自主拦截能力，以及多艘无人驾驶船只之间的协同作战机制；不过台湾方面尚未明确表示这些技术是否会应用于其购买的Devil Ray T24型航行器上。
The partnership between Martac and NCSIST also encompasses technologies including AI-assisted target tracking, autonomous interception and coordinated operations involving multiple unmanned vessels, although Taiwan has not said whether those capabilities would be incorporated into its coastguard T24s.
根据 Martac 的报道，Devil Ray T24 的长度为 8.4 米（27.5 英尺），最高航速可超过 50 节。其模块化设计使其能够搭载多种用于海上监视及军事任务的设备，例如电子战系统、反水雷装置以及反潜侦察设备。
According to Martac, the Devil Ray T24 is 8.4 metres (27.5 feet) long and capable of burst speeds exceeding 50 knots. Its modular design allows it to carry different equipment for maritime surveillance and a host of military activities, such as electronic warfare, mine countermeasures and anti-submarine reconnaissance.
台湾海岸警卫队总队长张忠龙表示，T24 船只将与无人机一起主要用于“远程搜索与侦察、调查以及远程救援”，从而扩大海岸警卫队的行动范围。
Taiwan’s coastguard director general Chang Chung-lung said the T24s, along with aerial drones, would primarily be used for “long-range search and reconnaissance, investigation and remote rescue”, extending the coastguard’s operational reach.
该机构表示，这些装备最终将与海岸警卫队的巡逻艇协同作业，共同构成一个用于协调行动、情报收集、监视和侦察的网络系统。
The agency said these assets would eventually operate alongside its cutters, forming a network for coordinated operations and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
值得注意的是，台湾海岸警卫队一直在为承担军事职责做准备；尽管在和平时期它仍属于民事机构，但根据《国家防卫法》，政府可以在冲突期间将海岸警卫队纳入军事指挥体系。该机构的安平级巡逻艇就体现了这一策略——这些船只被设计为在战时能够搭载“雄风 II”和“雄风 III”反舰导弹，自 2022 年以来已多次进行导弹发射演习。最近的一次演习中，安平级巡逻艇“启金”号于 9 月成功发射了一枚“雄风 III”超音速反舰导弹。
The coastguard’s planned cooperation between its vessels and unmanned systems is noteworthy given Taiwan’s long-standing preparations for the agency to take on military duties, although it remains a civilian body in peacetime. The island’s National Defence Act allows the government to bring the coastguard into the military order of battle during a conflict. The agency’s Anping-class cutters illustrate this approach. Designed to be fitted with Hsiung Feng II and III anti-ship missiles upon wartime mobilisation, vessels in the class have conducted missile-firing exercises since 2022. The latest involved the Qijin, which launched a Hsiung Feng III supersonic anti-ship missile in September.
T24 船本身也具备攻击能力：在 2024 年 12 月瑞典举行的、由美国海军支持的试验中，该艇成功发射了一枚鱼雷。不过，台北方面尚未明确表示这些 T24 船是否会被武装。
The T24 itself has also shown a strike capability, launching an exercise torpedo during US Navy-backed trials in Sweden in December 2024. Taipei, however, has not said whether the T24s would eventually be armed.
台湾“民主、社会与新兴技术研究院”的凯西·方（Cathy Fang）在上个月的分析中指出，海岸警卫队的无人海上系统能够扩大监视范围、提高证据收集效率，同时降低船员面临的风险。
In an analysis last month, Cathy Fang of Taiwan’s Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology said the coastguard’s uncrewed maritime systems could extend surveillance coverage and improve evidence gathering while reducing the risks faced by crews.
她提醒道，这些措施要想发挥实效，就必须与现有的指挥网络及海岸警卫队行动相整合。
She cautioned that they would need to be integrated with existing command networks and coastguard operations to be effective.
北京方面视台湾为一个必须重新统一的“叛离省份”，必要时可动用武力。包括美国在内的大多数国家均不承认台湾为独立国家，但华盛顿反对任何以武力夺取这个自治岛屿的企图，并承诺向台湾提供武器装备。
Beijing sees Taiwan as a breakaway province to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the US, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington is opposed to any attempt to take the self-governed island by force and is committed to supplying it with weapons.