SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The era of laser weapons has dawned in South Korea, as the country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on July 11 the commencement of mass production for its Laser Air Defense Weapon Block-I. This groundbreaking weapon system uses fiber-optic generated lasers to neutralize targets, specifically designed to precisely strike [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and ICT unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, said Monday it successfully demonstrated an anti-drone system designed to detect and track illegal drones and to disable them using physical nets. During the period from March 2-8, the company tested its anti-drone system designed [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Tuesday that its researchers had developed a counter-terror anti-drone technology for use in urban areas. After finding that drone makers’ control function components have different electromagnetic sensitivity, the research team analyzed the sensitivity-maximizing frequency by drone brand. With [...]
DAEJEON, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Security and privacy concerns over UAVs are rising as quickly as the expansion of the drone industry. In January 2015, a drunk employee from a U.S. government intelligence agency crashed a drone on the White House lawn, while in April of the same year, a Japanese man was arrested [...]