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HANWHA DEFENCE UNVEILS and wounded soldiers. The fully elec-
tric I-UGV features enhanced mission
NEW 6X6 INTELLIGENT UGV capabilities, compared to the existing
4x4 Multi-Purpose UGV, or M-UGV, and
ground vehicle, Named the Intelligent other UGVs built in South Korea and will
UGV (I-UGV). Unveiled just prior to the be on trials with a Republic of Korea Army
start of the show at Seongnam, just south infantry unit this month. The I-UGV can
of Seoul. Hanwha Defence says the new travel 100km per charge and move at a
Artificial Intelligence (AI) based UGV has top speed of 40km/h on paved roads and
been designed to meet domestic and 20km/h on unpaved roads. It has a 500kg
export requirements. payload capacity and a detection range of
4 km both at day and night. The I-UGV is
The I-UGV can carry out remote-con- fitted with a high-end remote-controlled
trolled operations or GPS-enabled weapon station that can lock on to tar-
autonomous driving to perform vari- gets automatically using acoustic sensors
Hanwha Defence has taken off the wraps ous missions such as surveillance and to determine the source of gunfire during
on a new two tonne 6x6 unmanned reconnaissance, transport of cargo the confusion of combat.

ROKA LOOKING acquired under the second phase of the focuses is the improvement of an air
TO BUY MORE ‘Large Attack Helicopter Project’.South assault capability,” according to Kim
Dae-young, a research fellow at Korea
Korea secured and deployed 36 Boeing
ATTACK HELOS AH-64E Apache helicopters under the Research Institute for National Strategy,
a Seoul-based think tank. “Toward that
first round of the project between 2012
Attack Helicopter makers are making a and 2021. end, the South Korean Army now seeks
bee-line to the Seoul ADEX 2021 as South to model after the U.S. 101st Airborne
Korea decided to acquire an additional “We will begin procedures to select the Division consist of helicopters and infan-
36 foreign-made attack helicopters for exact type of this asset and a company try forces.”
the Republic of Korea Army (RoKA). The to purchase attack choppers. The budget The South Korean Army recently ran
defence project promotion committee, has increased due to inflation and the simulations of how fast and effective
presided over by Defense Minister Suh necessary addition of some equipment its airborne capability can advance into
Wook, approved a plan to import around and facilities,” a DAPA official was quoted the North in case of war, according to
36 large combat helicopters with a budget by the Yonhap News Agency. A total of sources. The South Korean Army now
of 3.17 trillion won (US$2.81 billion), 850 billion won will be poured into the operates two Apache battalions.
according to the Defense Acquisition project which is to be launched next year
Program Administration (DAPA). to continue through 2030, and the envi- “The simulations are known to have
sioned model is expected to be based on showed that the fleet of Apache heli-
The country’s Defense Project Promotion the country’s Marineon, the Marine vari- copter is more effective than main battle
Committee decided that the rotorcraft, ant of KUH-1 Surion helicopter, according tanks in penetrating the North’s air
which are intended to replace the RoKA’s to officials. defense network and making breach for
Bell AH-1S attack helicopters, are to be “One of the Army’s key operational our forces,” Kim noted.
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2021, has engineered a breakthrough screws to straight-forward retrofits,” cables, instrument panels, access covers,
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