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KEVA DRONE SHOWCASES monitoring, disaster relief and inspection
of facilities. The South Korean company
CONDOR UAV AT ADEX is currently focused on the domestic
market, but has its eyes set on securing
international buyers for Condor and its
other products. “We believe our products
will have buyers in places like Africa and
Southeast Asia. In fact, we conducted a
three-dimensional marine survey system
in Cirbon, Indonesia, using Mapper.”
As the name suggests, KD-2 Mapper is
high-resolution mapping fixed-wing drone
with automatic take-off and landing and
cobra landing capabilities. Capable of up
to one hour of flight time, Mapper has a
cruise speed of 50 km/h and a maximum
speed of 80 km/h. The UAV is capable
of landing on water and is equipped with
a 42-megapixel high-resolution camera.
Weighing 2 kg, the drone’s maximum pay-
load is 600 grams. Magni, which is among
the products that the company is show-
casing at ADEX 2021, was developed in
cooperation with Israeli company Elbit
Systems. “We manufacture the UAV and
ADEX 2021 marks the public debut of Development Team. “It is multi-purpose, market it in South Korea. Elbit Systems
Condor, KEVA Drone’s new high manoeu- has a streamlined airframe structure was involved in the planning stage.”
vre, long-endurance drone for military/ and can be folded for easy storage and Keva Drone is one of the companies in
industrial use. “Condor is a multicoptor transportation. We also provide efficient Daejeon Technopark that is showcasing
drone that weighs less than 5 kg and is maintenance support to our customers.” its products at the show. According to
equipped with various mission equipment, According to the company, Condor can be Kyung-Hung Kim. Director of Intelligent
including optical, thermal and multi-spec- used for a variety of purposes, including Robot Center, the government provides
tral sensor,” said DongHo Shin, General military and police operations, 3D cartog- financial and marketing support for com-
Manager of the company’s Business raphy, precision agriculture, port facility panies that function at the Technopark.

M72 SHOULDER-FIRED SYSTEM: NAMMO

IN DISCUSSIONS WITH SOUTH KOREA

Nammo is highlighting the capabilities M72 variants. “This is a product that is with the M72; they have used it since the
of its M72 Shoulder-Fired System at the of interest to the South Koreans,” said Seventies when they got it from the U.S.
ongoing ADEX 2021 and has also initiated Bard Ljones Stenberg, Vice President The systems are a bit outdated, and we
discussions with the South Korean army International Sales and Marketing of are now talking to them to see if there
regarding possible sale of the system. Military Ammunition& Shoulder Fired is any possibility of coming up wth new
More than 20 countries currently use Systems. “They have some experience supplies of the M 72.”
The M72 series has been modernized
many times since the seventies and is
a “totally different product now,” said
Stenberg. “South Korea still uses it, and
they have also used some products by
our competitors. We hope that they can
come back to the M72. It is a very secure
system to use for soldiers and it is much
lighter, at under 3.5 kg, than the prod-
ucts made by our competitors. You can
in fact have two of them on your back if
you need.”
The M72 shoulder-fired system is being
used by some of the biggest special forces
throughout the world, said Stenberg. “In
the Asia Pacific region alone, Australia,
Malaysia and Thailand have it. We plan to
offer the product to India as part of the
country’s Make in India initiative.”

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