Cooperation such Private-Military Technology Exchange, Market Vitalization, Joint Use of Air Space, etc.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Minister Won HeeRyong, MOLIT)) and Ministry of National Defense (minister Lee Jong-Seop) took each other’s hands for “Development of Drone · Urban Air Mobility Industry and Fostering Science and Technology-driven Armed Forces”.
MOLIT and Ministry of National Defense sympathized with the needs for cooperation on private-military technology development·exchange, market vitalization, participation in test · demonstration, joint use of air space and infrastructures for the development of future aviation industry represented with drone and urban air mobility and entered into MOU under the presence of Eo Myung-Soo, second deputy minister of MOLIT and Shin Bum-Chul, deputy minister of National Defense on July 27
(Wed).
The agreement entered into this time contains the matters to be cooperated in order for both ministries to lead the development of Korean urban air mobility and drone system and the innovative growth together.
Major detailed matters to be cooperated contained in MOU are as follows
1. Mutual cooperation to secure the growth engine of the domestic urban air mobility and drone industry and to expand the public acceptance
2. Cooperation in policy establishment, use of air space, creation of demand, etc. for development of urban air mobility, K-drone system and defense transportation drone · integrated control system
3. Cooperation in the utilization of infrastructures such as flight test field exclusive for drone, certification · education facilities, etc.
4. Participation in new technology demonstration project such as urban air mobility, AI applied to drone, digital twin, etc. and cooperation in technology exchange
5. And cooperation in other area of common interest, etc.
MOLIT and Ministry of National Defense will enter into working-level agreement by field, if necessary, for the efficient cooperation between both ministries in future based on MOU this time and have a plan to keep building the substantial cooperation system such as co-hosting of seminar, workshop, etc.
In addition, judging that the core technology development area for the continuous development of domestic drone industry and Korean urban air mobility commercialization in 2025 would help to develop the drone for the defense field in future, Ministry of National Defense, the source of largest demand, agreed to take important part in the activation of initial market.
Eo Myung-So, second deputy minister of MOLIT, emphasized “The development of new industry can create the synergic effect as long as it accompanies with the consumer-oriented maintenance of regulation, which the people actually can feel, together with the development of technology” and stated “it has a plan to consolidate the inter-departmental cooperation for the sustainable development in future.”, Shim Bum-Chul, deputy minister of National Defense, stated “This MOU will be the opportunity to contribute greatly to the demonstration and the spread of civilian technology at the same time to apply the cutting-edge technology to the armed forces and we will make efforts together so that it would be successful inter-departmental collaboration case.”
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