Agency for Defense Development

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-reliant national defense promoted by President Park Chung Hee.[6]

Agency for Defense Development (ADD)
국방과학연구소
國防科學硏究所
Guk-bang Gwa-hak Yeon-gu-so
Agency overview
Formed6 August 1970 (1970-08-06)
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of National Defense Scientific Research Institute (July 1954-July 1961)[1][2]
JurisdictionGovernment of South Korea
HeadquartersYuseong District, Daejeon, South Korea
Motto"Defending our nation with the strength of our own science and technology!"[3]
Employees3,130[4]
Annual budget₩1.4851 trillion
(US$1.188 billion)(2022)[5]
Agency executives
  • Park Jong-seung, Director
  • Jung Jin-gyeong, Deputy Director
Parent departmentDefense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)
WebsiteOfficial ADD website in Korean
Official ADD website in English

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.[7]

ADD is the operator of South Korea's first dedicated military satellite, ANASIS-II, launched on 20 July 2020 by a Falcon 9 rocket.[8]

Organization

Audit department
  • Director
  • Defense industry technology support center

Deputy director
  • 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

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

Missile systems

Missile defense systems
  • 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

Maritime and underwater weapon systems

Aircraft and UAV systems

Surveillance and reconnaissance systems

Command and control and information warfare systems
  • 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
  • Reconnaissance space-based surveillance and reconnaissance system
  • Small satellite system
  • Military satellite communication system-I
    • Military satellite communication system-II

Core technologies

Future technologies

See also

References
  1. "이승만 정권 시기 과학정책과 국방부 과학연구소 중견관리의 행정경험". The Archives of Korean History. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. Moon Man-yong (2015). "Understanding Compressed Growth of Science and Technology in South Korea: Focusing on Public Research Institutes". The Korean History of Science Society. pp. 431–453. ISSN 1229-7895.
  3. "Mission & Vision". Agency for Defense Development. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. "국방과학연구소". Saramin. April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. "국방기술 연구개발 투자 1조 원 시대를 열다". Defense Acquisition Program Administration. 6 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. Kwon, Peter (2023). "Defender of the Nation, Champion of Science: The Agency for Defense Development as a Nexus for the Technological Transformation of South Korea". Journal of Korean Studies. 28 (1): 59–90.
  7. Mistry, Dinshaw (2003). Containing Missile Proliferation: Strategic Technology, Security Regimes, and International Cooperation in Arms Control. ISBN 9780295985077.
  8. Anasis 2 (KMilSatCom 1)
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