Changwon City Launches Full-Scale Support Project for Defense Industry Innovation Cluster Companies

Establishing Plans for Early Localization of Defense Cluster Components through Organic Defense Industry Cooperation

A meeting is being held on the 26th to promote the growth of local defense projects. (Photo by Changwon City Hall)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kang Sharon] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, held a ‘Defense Industry Innovation Cluster Component Localization Discovery Meeting’ on the 26th to promote qualitative growth in local defense projects. Led by the Changwon City Defense and Aviation Parts Industry Development Committee, the meeting invited experts from military universities, companies, research institutes, and related organizations to actively pursue early achievement of component localization through the defense industry innovation cluster.

At this meeting, 15 defense industry experts and businesspeople, including Chairman Kang Jae-gwan (Changwon City Defense and Aviation Parts Industry Development Committee), participated to listen to the R&D promotion plan for component localization within the defense industry innovation cluster and proposed various development measures to achieve early results in component localization desired by companies.

In particular, as a plan to revitalize the local defense industry through component localization in the defense industry innovation cluster pilot project, discussions were held on topics such as company status analysis, public-private-military-business cooperation methods for requirements and discovery, company difficulties and suggestions, support for commercialization, company-participated component localization development, and talent cultivation. Problems and efficient alternatives regarding these topics were also presented.

The city was selected as the pilot site for the Defense Industry Innovation Cluster project, a Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) public contest project, on April 23. It is expected that early achievement of component localization for advanced defense through the region’s smart infrastructure will be realized. Experts from various local fields plan to hold regular meetings to concretize this.

Mayor Heo Seong-mu of Changwon City stated, "The purpose of the defense industry innovation cluster is to strengthen organic cooperation among industrial entities, making this meeting very meaningful," and added, "We will actively support the active participation and achievement of results in the defense industry innovation cluster pilot project to revitalize the defense industry in a way that companies can feel."

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