SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will deploy an anti-drone response system on a trial basis in the first half of next year under a program to swiftly introduce advanced technologies, the state arms procurement agency said Friday. The trial project promotion committee of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has chosen [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean auto component maker under Hyundai Motor Group has successfully conducted the nation’s first trial of an anti-drone system (ADS). Hyundai WIA announced on Thursday that it successfully completed the ADS interception test at a military firing range in North Chungcheong Province. The company developed the ADS [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to introduce an integrated defense system to counter hostile unmanned aircraft at key military and government facilities for the first time, officials said Thursday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) recently put up a notice for the 48.5 billion-won (US$37.2 million) project on its procurement website [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The military on Tuesday began a pilot operation of a drone detection and jamming system to better respond to growing threats by small unmanned aerial vehicles, the arms procurement agency said. For the next six months, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force will operate the radar system [...]