Company:Thunder Tiger

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Thunder Tiger Corporation
雷虎科技股份有限公司
TypePublic company TPE: 8033
IndustryTechnology
Founded1979
HeadquartersXitun, Taichung, Taiwan
ProductsRadio control models

Unmanned autonomous vehicles

Dental handpiece
RevenueUS$28 million (2017)
Websitewww.thundertiger.com
Thunder Tiger Search and Rescue Sirius CX-180 Helicopter

Thunder Tiger Corporation (Chinese: 雷虎科技股份有限公司; pinyin: Léi Hǔ Kējì Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of radio controlled models for the consumer market and more serious uncrewed vehicles for the government/defense market.

History

Thunder Tiger Group was founded in Taichung in 1979. In 1997 it was involved in a takeover of ACE R/C corporation in America. Its 1/8 EB4 car was honored as an Offroad Champion of Europe in 1999. It established a marketing center in Germany for Europe in 2004 and was involved in a takeover of Associated Electrics in America in 2005.[citation needed]

In 2012, ThunderTiger set up a new company TTBIO CORP in order to provide the Dental Instruments, accessories, machining parts, and components to customers.[citation needed]

Following the widespread use of drones in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the official drone development program was expanded to include non-state owned companies including Thunder Tiger as prime contractors for the first time. The government views drones as a destabilizing technology whose adoption would allow Taiwan to asymmetrically counter the threat from the PLA.[1]

Thunder Tiger had a booth at the 2023 and 2024 Association of the United States Army's annual trade show. In 2023 they displayed only reconnaissance drones but in 2024 both reconnaissance and suicide drones were exhibited.[2] They also exhibited a naval surface drone in 2024.[3]

Auterion's drone software has been integrated with Thunder Tiger's Overkill FPV drone. Thunder Tiger and Auterion's initial agreement covers 25,000 drones for both the Taiwanese and export markets.[4]

Products

Civilian

Thunder Tiger is the maker of MT4-G3, Raptor e720, Ghost+ drone, and R/C submarine - Neptune SB-1.[citation needed]

Government

  • Overkill Killer, explosive FPV drone[5]

Seawolf

Seawolf 400 displayed at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition in 2023

Family of autonomous underwater vehicles:

Seashark

Family of uncrewed surface vessels. Multiple vessels can be controlled from a single base station[7]:

  • Seashark 80[8]
  • Seashark 200[3]
  • Seashark 400[9]
  • Seashark 680[10]
  • Seashark 800,[11] 2,600lb warhead and 310 miles of range[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ LEE, YIMOU; POMFRET, JAMES; LAGUE, DAVID (21 July 2023). "Inspired by Ukraine war, Taiwan launches drone blitz to counter China". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/us-china-tech-taiwan/. 
  2. ↑ Liao, Chloe; Wu, Vyra. "Taiwan's Thunder Tiger showcases cutting-edge suicide drones at military expo". DigiTimes. https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20241028PD215/military-taiwan-2024-united-states-2023.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nakhiengchanh, Michael. "Taiwan’s Thunder Tiger showcases drones at US military expo". Taiwan News. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5951910. 
  4. ↑ Hille, Kathrin. "Taiwan develops suicide drones akin to Ukraine’s to defend against China". Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/23069435-ada0-4494-9ec0-b4730be8a124. 
  5. ↑ Gargiulo, Guido. "Taiwan needs to go all in on drones amid growing Chinese threat". Taiwan News. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6132917. 
  6. ↑ Kajal, Kapil. "TADTE 2023: Thunder Tiger unveils autonomous underwater vehicle". Janes. https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/defence/tadte-2023-thunder-tiger-unveils-autonomous-underwater-vehicle. 
  7. ↑ Thompson, James; Chih-yi, Pan. "Taiwan firm controls 6 unmanned surface vessels from single station". Focus Taiwan. https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202512010014. 
  8. ↑ "Drone alliance". Taipei Times. https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/06/04/2003838033. 
  9. ↑ Hsu, Tso-Juei (3 October 2023). "Naval Unmanned Systems Showcased At Taiwan's Defense Show". Naval News. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/10/naval-unmanned-systems-showcased-at-taiwans-defense-show/. 
  10. ↑ LARIOSA, AARON-MATTHEW. "Taiwanese Drone Firm Pitches Unmanned Surface Vessels for Coastal Defense". USNI News. https://news.usni.org/2025/12/02/taiwanese-drone-firm-pitches-unmanned-surface-vessels-for-coastal-defense. 
  11. ↑ Chen, Kelvin. "Taiwan's NCSIST set for unmanned surface vehicle trials". Taiwan News. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6121476. 
  12. ↑ Lee, Yimou; Blanchard, Ben. "Taking lessons from Ukraine, Taiwan eyes sea drones to counter China". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/taking-lessons-ukraine-taiwan-eyes-sea-drones-counter-china-2025-06-13/. 

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