一項獨立的無人機預算被提出、遭否決，並由一項經費原則取代

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臺灣行政院於2026年6月18日提出一項新臺幣210十億元的獨立特別預算 — 約6.6十億美元、為期六年 — 用於國產無人系統，據報涵蓋採購1,446架海岸偵察無人機、208,200架海岸攻擊無人機與1,320艘無人水面載具。此法案之所以存在，是因為立法院在5月從新臺幣1.25兆元的國防特別預算包裹中刪除了約新臺幣470十億元的國產無人系統經費，將其削減至新臺幣780十億元，同時保留分配給兩批對外採購的新臺幣300十億元與新臺幣480十億元。合計佔多數的在野黨於6月26日表決延後審查；委員會審查於7月27日結束，未達成共識。8月27日，立法院否決行政院的特別條例，並通過在野黨自己提出的強化國防自主暨發展無人載具產業相關法案，訂定六年新臺幣240十億元、每年新臺幣40十億元，作為透過年度預算而非特別預算來達成的經費原則。國防部於同日表示遺憾，國防部長並指出，每年新臺幣40十億元的數字，低於國防部光是下一年度就已規劃用於無人機的新臺幣42.1十億元。賴清德總統於9月11日公布該法；行政院表示其仍保有預算分配的憲法權限。該法本身不撥付任何經費：經費唯有透過已通過的年度或追加預算，才能落實到計畫上。

This is the clearest case in the module of the difference between an appropriation and a capability, and of a legislature making a compositional choice rather than an austerity one: what was cut in May was the indigenous drone programme specifically, while foreign procurement was preserved. The same deadlock reaches outward — the June 2026 review of the US arms backlog names NASAMS and the Tactical Mission Network as cases held up by the special procurement budget dispute in Taipei, which makes a domestic legislative argument a documented cause of delay in an external deterrence pipeline. The August outcome keeps that distinction rather than closing it: the enacted act is a statement of intended spending at a stated annual rate — which the defence minister reads as a ceiling and the Cabinet as a principle — not money, and the question moves from whether a bill passes to whether annual and supplementary budgets carry the lines. Vigil states what was proposed, what was cut, what was rejected and what was enacted in its place, and reads none of it as a measure of intent.

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