Below is a list of equipment used by the Republic of China Navy (commonly known as the Taiwanese Navy).
Aircraft
Fixed-wing
NameOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes NCSIST Albatross Reconnaissance UAV 26 In service as of 2019 NCSIST Albatross II Reconnaissance UAV 36 In service as of 2026. NCSIST Cardinal Reconnaissance UAV Cardinal II 54 six units (54 aircraft) acquired in 2016
Helicopters
NameOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes Sikorsky S-70 Search and rescue / Anti-submarine warfare S-70C(M)-1/2 Thunderhawk 18 To be replaced McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender Anti-submarine warfare 500MD/ASW Defender 7 Out of original 13 ordered Surveillance UAV Tactical short-range surveillance helicopter UAV 1446 Quadrone rotor helicopter drone, In service as of 2024. Shipborne UAV Tactical short-range surveillance helicopter UAV 16 single rotor helicopter drone, In service as of 2024. TU-30VG Reconnaissance helicopter UAV TU-30VG 96 In service as of 2025. Shield AI MQ-35 V-BAT VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle UAV MQ-35 V-BAT 280 280 aircraft, 140 control systems and 82 transport vehicles on order in 2026. two drones per control station and 3-4 drones per transport unit.
Small watercraft PlatformOriginManufacturer TypeNotes M8 MotorBoat M96 Motorboat Karmin international M109 Special Operations Assault Boat Karmin international RIB Karmin international Tender for Cheng Kung-class frigates 8 NCSIST Kuai Chi National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology Unmanned surface vehicle Entered service in 2025
Ground based strike NameOriginTypeNotes Loitering munitions and cruise missiles Hsiung Feng II Anti-ship cruise missileIn service Hsiung Feng III Anti-ship cruise missileIn service Harpoon (missile) Anti-ship cruise missileIn service, 100 launch units and 400 missiles ordered
Ships and naval armament
Naval armament
Surface-to-air missiles
NameOriginTypeNotes Sky Sword I Short-range Shipboard deployment with Sea Oryx system. Sky Sword II Medium-range Unknown number of TC-2N, to be fielded on Tuo Chiang Block II corvettes and retrofitted on the Kang Ding-class frigates. RIM-66 SM-1MR Medium-range 97 RIM-66B Standard-1MR delivered in 1993, 207 RIM-66B Standard-1MR delivered in 1994, 204 RIM-66B Standard-1MR delivered in 2001 RIM-66 SM-2MR Medium-long range 148 Standard Missile-2MR delivered in 2005, 144 Standard Missile-2MR delivered in 2008, 16 Standard Missile-2MR ordered in 2017 FIM-92 Stinger Short-range 250 missiles, 70 launch systems and 62 friend-or-foe identification systems, by 2025. RIM-72C Sea Chaparral Short-range Deployed on some domestic warships as well as La Fayette Frigates. To be replaced.
Anti-ship missiles
NameOriginTypeNotesAGM-84 Harpoon Subsonic(183) AGM-84s – (60) 84Ls Hsiung Feng II Subsonic Unknown, in mass production with secondary ground attack capability Hsiung Feng III Supersonic Unknown, in mass production with secondary ground attack capability
CIWS
NameOriginTypeNotesPhalanx CIWS Gun System20mm, 7 Mk-15 delivered in 1989, 6 Mk-15 delivered in 1996, 1 Mk15 delivered in 2014, 13 Mk15 delivered in 2016, 11 Mk15 delivered in 2018Sea OryxMissile SystemShort-range missile defence system available in a 24-round launcher using off-board sensors, or an autonomous 12-round launcher with its own radar and EO/IR sensor. The system can be truck-mounted or mounted on a warship.XTR-101/102 Gun System20mm, automatic close-defense remote weapon systems, more than 20 systems deployed in coastal defenses.
Torpedoes
NameOriginTypeNotesMark 46 torpedo Lightweight 100 delivered in 1992, 150 Mk-46 Mod-5 NEARTIP delivered in 1994, 110 Mk-46 Mod-5 NEARTIP delivered in 1998, 90 Mk-46 Mod-5 NEARTIP delivered in 2000, 41 Mk-46 Mod-5 NEARTIP delivered in 2001Mark 54 lightweight torpedo Lightweight 168 delivered in 2017.Mark 48 torpedo Heavyweight 46 ordered in 2018SUT torpedo Heavyweightmultirole, 200 delivered in 1998 from Indonesian production line
Other weapons
Retired
See also Defense industry of Taiwan Maritime industries of Taiwan List of equipment of the Republic of China Air Force List of equipment of the Republic of China Army
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