DAEJEON, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced on October 30 that it has developed an innovative laser cutting technology capable of safely dismantling nuclear reactors underwater. The development comes at a crucial time as South Korea faces an increasing need for reactor dismantling technology, with multiple nuclear power [...]
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, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin production of a laser weapon designed to strike down enemy drones for deployment this year, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, amid efforts to acquire advanced weapons systems for future warfare. Last month, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) signed a deal worth about [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials announced Wednesday that researchers have developed a new engraving technology, using lasers, to prevent counterfeit crimes of expensive goods such as high-end watches or gold. According to senior researcher Noh Ji-whan, by overlapping two separate laser beams, the team was able to [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the United States and Japan, Korea has become the third country to successfully produce an ‘x-ray free-electron laser’ (XFEL), often referred to as the “dream light”. According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) Pohang Accelerator Laboratory has succeeded [...]
WASHINGTON, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to Earth Thursday using a new laser communications instrument. Transmission of “Hello, World!” as a video message was the first 175-megabit communication for the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS), a technology demonstration that allows NASA to [...]