Construction of drone-specialized defense testing and evaluation infrastructure and creating an ecosystem designed to support testing and evaluation to facilitate the entry of Daejeon companies into the defense market

• Eligibility 

   : Small and medium-sized enterprises in Daejeon related to defense and drones

• Support provided  

  This table explains the classification and support details.

  Category	Support details
  Equipment establishment and utilization support	Establishment of drone-specialized defense environment and reliability testing and evaluation equipment Operation of infrastructure fulfilling company needs based on demand surveys for defense (drone) companies Plans for the establishment of new testing equipment
  Technical support	Support for drone-specialized testing and evaluation to revitalize the defense industry Technical support using existing equipment owned by KCL Discovery of parts needed for drone-specialized defense demand Joint development of testing and evaluation methods required by companies in the defense drone sector Technical support for reliability verification of drone products, components, and materials under environmental simulation and real-world conditions Performance evaluation, analysis of test results, and technical consulting
  User procedure	Preliminary consultation with KCL project managers Reliability center : Park Jin-hwak(jh2348@kcl.re.kr) Reliability center : Seo youngju(syj2015@kcl.re.kr)

• Project period 

   : December, 2022 to December, 2026 (approximately 49 months)

• Project budget 

   : Total of 9.5 billion KRW (entirely national funds)

• Executing agencies 

   : Daejeon Technopark(lead organization), Korea Conformity Laboratories(participant)

• Main content 

  • Testing equipment requirement analysis and establishment : Conducting demand surveys and feasibility analysis for drone-related testing and evaluation

  • Requesting feasibility analysis and introduction evaluation (→ Korea Research Institute for defense Technology planning and advancement), purchasing and establishing testing equipment (within the comprehensive support center)

  • Support for local companies in utilizing testing equipment by leveraging established equipment (operation and management)

  Testing equipment
  introduction procedure

  • Demand survey Executing agencies
  • Feasibility analysis Executing agencies
  • Review of survey
    and analysis results Project group
  • Review for
    introduction of testing Project group
  • Purchase of
    testing equipment Executing agencies