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South Korean national agency for research and development of defense technology

The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) is the South Korean national agency for research and development in defense technology, funded by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). It was established in August 1970 under the banner of the self-reliable defense. Its purpose is contributing to enforcing the national defence, to improving the national R&D capacity, and to fostering the domestic defense industry. ADD focuses on core weapons systems and core technology development, and studies major weapons platforms in high-risk and non-economical fields, unmanned and advanced, and new weapon systems for the future.

ADD is responsible for first South Korean ballistic missile Nike Hercules Korea-1 aka White/Polar Bear, developed in the 1970s with its first successful test in 1978.[6]

ADD is the operator of South Korea’s first dedicated military satellite, ANASIS-II, launched on 20 July 2020 by a Falcon 9 rocket.[7]

Organization[edit]

Audit department[edit]

  • Director
  • Defense industry technology support center

Deputy director[edit]

  • Policy planning department
  • Research planning department
  • Academy of defense science and technology
  • Ground technology laboratory
  • Marine technology laboratory
  • Aeronautical laboratory
  • Civil and military cooperation agency
  • Safety and security center
  • 1st research headquarters
  • 2nd research headquarters
  • 3rd research headquarters
  • 4th research headquarters
  • 5th research headquarters
  • Defense advanced technology research institute
  • Research support headquarters

Major development projects[edit]

Development programs for defense technology are categorized into basic research and development, core technology R&D, civil-military technology cooperation, and essential parts, software development and technology demonstration of new concepts. Almost all major development projects are collaborating with ADD and South Korean private defense company, most of the core technologies are developed under the initiative of the ADD, and private defense companies are responsible for the development of the remaining sub-technology and the production of essential parts and finished products.

Infantry weapon[edit]

Missile systems[edit]

Missile defense systems[edit]

  • KM-SAM (Cheongung-I) medium-range surface-to-air guided weapon system based on technology from the 9M96 missile used on S-350E and S-400 missile systems
    • Cheongung-II enhanced medium-range surface-to-air guided weapon system
  • K-SAAM (Haegung) surface-to-air anti missile system
  • K31 Pegasus (K-SAM) short-range surface-to-air missile system based on Crotale R440 missile system
  • KP-SAM (Shingung) shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile
  • L-SAM multi-layered missile defense system

Ground weapon systems[edit]

Maritime and underwater weapon systems[edit]

Aircraft and UAV systems[edit]

Surveillance and reconnaissance systems[edit]

Command and control and information warfare systems[edit]

  • Tactical Information Communications Network (TICN)
  • Joint Tactical Data Link System (JTDLS)
  • Air Defense Command Control and Alert (ADC2A) system
  • Airborne ELINT pod system
  • Tactical communication electronic warfare (EW) system-II (TLQ-200K)
  • Airborne electronic countermeasure (ECM) pod system (ALQ-200)
  • Shipboard electronic warfare system (SLQ-200K)
  • Advanced SIGINT aircraft system

Space technologies[edit]

  • Reconnaissance space-based surveillance and reconnaissance system
  • Small satellite system
  • Military satellite communication system-I
    • Military satellite communication system-II

Core technologies[edit]

Future technologies[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]