The ’25th Civil-Military Technology Cooperation Project Performance Presentation’ was held on December 16 at the Daejeon Convention Center, co-hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, and organized by the Civil-Military Cooperation Promotion Agency of the Agency for Defense Development.
At the performance presentation, Shin Dong-hwan, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, who developed cooling technology for high-heat equipment such as lasers, and Jung Han, CEO of i3system Co., Ltd., who developed the world’s first ultra-small high-resolution uncooled infrared detector, received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award. Additionally, Park Seung-soo, CEO of Sonatech Co., Ltd., who developed the sonobuoy for submarine detection, and Choi Sung-gyun, head of the AI Research Center at Mobirus Co., Ltd., who developed an autonomous driving control system for tractors using military autonomous driving technology, received the Defense Acquisition Program Administration Award.
The Civil-Military Business Forum announced the ’26th year promotion plan and the research and development direction for new projects in ’26, focusing on core technologies of manned and unmanned complex systems such as AI and unmanned systems. Participants formed a consensus on creating a civil-military convergence ecosystem through free discussions.
The Civil-Military Technology Cooperation Project, which started in 1999, is a representative inter-ministerial cooperation project. In 2024, the sales of companies participating in the civil-military project amounted to 190.2 billion KRW, an increase of about 121% compared to 2020. Over the past five years, the commercialization rate has maintained a high level of 75.3%, establishing itself as an innovative platform that enhances both Korea’s technological security capabilities and industrial competitiveness.