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DELIVERY DRONE MAKER the government for delivery of blood from
land (Tongyoung) to Saryang Island, a dis-
NARMA TO SIGN JV WITH tance of 10 km.” Narma, the first spin-off
company of Korea Aerospace Research
SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY Institute, has a range of drones, each one
designed to meet the needs of different
Narma Inc., South Korean manufacturer Department Manager. “The drone has sectors. While AF60 is a multicopter UAV,
of delivery drones, will sign a joint venture many advantages compared to normal there are two other versions of the AF100
agreement with South African company multicopper and fixed wing UAVs. While – AF100-AED and AF100--Police. AF200
Afriko for drone delivery. The JV, to be the multicopter can fly fast, it cannot is a mountain surveillance drone and can
signed early next year, is part of Narma’s carry heavy payloads. A fixed wing drone also be used as a mountain first aid kit
strategy to market its drones in the inter- can carry a heavy payload but cannot fly delivery drone.
national market; it already has a branch fast. Our is a hybrid model and combines
in South Africa. The company is grow- the best qualities of each type.”
ing its presence in South Korea and was
part of the government’s R&D project on The company’s UAV can take off and land
disaster control and emergency delivery vertically. It can fly at speeds reaching
drones in mountainous areas. Earlier this 120 km/h and carry up to 5 kg. The drone
year, the company signed a MoU for busi- also has a range of 40 km and can fly
ness cooperation with Daejeon Yuseong for up to 40 minutes. “We were focused
Police Station. “We are the first company on R&D from 2018 to 2020,” said Jung.
in the world to develop a small-size elec- “We are now actively marketing our drone
tric motor tiltrotor device,” said Suho and have so far taken part in 5-6 gov-
Jung, the company’s Planning and Policy ernment projects. Our UAV was used by

domestic player in the space arena, has
set up a Space Hub task force to coordi-
nate the company’s activities in the sector,
and has also acquired a 30 percent stake
in Satrec Initiative, a local company that is
developing SpaceEye-T, a 700-kilogram
Earth-mapping satellite that is scheduled
to be launched by 2024.

Hanwha Systems, one of the three
companies under Hanwha, is leading a
five-year state project to develop a laser
tracking system that can accurately track
space objects. The goal is to develop a
laser weapon system capable of destroy-
ing “killer satellites.” The company is also
part of a state project to build high-res-
olution surveillance satellites, primarily
for military use. Hanwha Aerospace is
developing liquid engines for the Korea
Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV) while
Hanwha Corp. is eyeing the develop-
ment of a solid-fuel propulsion system,
now that the restrictions on removal of
HANWHA, South Korea’s efforts to boost its capa- restrictions on rocket range and solid fuel
bilities in space have the backing of have been lifted. KAI is planning to invest
KAI BACK its rapidly growing domestic defence US$880 million in the space sector over
industry, including two of its biggest the next five years. The company is part-
defence contractors. Hanwha and Korea nering with the Korea Advanced Institute
SOUTH Aerospace Industries (KAI) have pledged and Science and Technology to build a
to increase investment in the sector and space research center and also has plans
KOREA’S support the “Space Odyssey” project, to have a ground station and satellite
imagery analysis service in a couple of
which envisages having a space moni-
SPACE toring system in place by 2030, launching years. Production of satellites is also part
satellites from the air using transport of the company’s long-term plan. Korean
planes by 2040, and having defensive Air is working along with a research team
EFFORTS capabilities against space weapons by from Seoul National University on a mili-
2050. Hanwha, the country’s biggest tary project to develop an orbital launch
defence contractor and the most active vehicle using a Boeing 747-400 airplane.

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