S.Amdt. 3429

SA 3429, submitted by Ms. Ernst, aims to add a new section (SEC. 1241) to bill S. 2296. The purpose is to have the Secretary of Defense try to create a partnership between the Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit and counterparts in Taiwan.

This partnership is intended to achieve the following:

• Increase market opportunities for defense technology companies based in the United States and Taiwan.
• Strengthen the defense industrial base of Taiwan.
• Use emerging technology to harmonize global security posture.
• Stop the Chinese Communist Party and its aligned adversarial proxy groups from developing dual-use defense technologies.

Additionally, the Secretary of Defense would work with the Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan to:

• Coordinate on defense industrial priorities.
• Make research and development for emerging defense technology more streamlined.
• Create more pathways to market for defense technology startups.
• Work together on developing dual-use defense capabilities, specifically including microchips, drones, artificial intelligence, missile technology, directed energy weapons, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technology.