Precision strike building provided as 3D video within 90 minutes

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu Reporter] A system that creates 3D high-definition videos of 100 key buildings in the target area within an hour and a half to support precise strike missions of Air Force pilots will be established in the Air Force this October.

On the 9th, Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-du and Minister of Science and ICT Choi Ki-young visited the Air Force 20th Fighter Wing (hereinafter 20th FW) and confirmed the status and ongoing achievements of the '4th Industrial Revolution Smart Defense Innovation' linked to Defense Reform 2.0, the Ministry of National Defense announced.

This event was held to directly check the progress of the 'Intelligent Smart Unit Construction Strategy through Civil-Military Cooperation' approved at the 11th Science and Technology Ministers' Meeting held in April. The two ministers received reports from Hong Soon-taek, commander of the 20th FW, on the status of building an intelligent smart wing, including the smart digital control tower developed by the government and military, the 3D synthetic battlefield visualization system, unmanned autonomous driving system, base security system using drones and intelligent CC (closed-circuit) TV, and IoT-based remote monitoring system, and observed demonstration events.

Among the smart wing construction tasks, the 3D synthetic battlefield visualization system is a technology that creates 3D high-definition videos of enemy area terrain and targets such as buildings captured by satellites and drones. For example, it takes only 1 hour and 30 minutes to produce videos of 100 buildings within a part of a large city area (10㎢) covered by seven satellite images. Before developing this system, it took 300 hours. Once these videos are produced, Air Force fighter pilots can accurately recognize the terrain and building locations of the target area before sortie missions, increasing the success rate of precise strikes on the targets from the air. The Air Force plans to establish a video synthesis system using this technology at the Air Intelligence Group by October. By next year, it will build a base operation situation and flight training visualization system using this technology at the 20th FW to utilize it in aerospace operations.

The 'Smart Digital Control Tower,' which automatically detects and analyzes flocks of birds and drones flying over the airport using artificial intelligence (AI) technology and issues warnings, will also be established at the 20th Fighter Wing by the end of this year. The unmanned autonomous driving system is currently being pilot-operated at the 20th FW and will be expanded to all wings later. Unmanned vehicles transport troops and supplies, and surveillance and guard robots protect the airbase. Unmanned forklifts are also operated.

A precision approach radar (PAR) maintenance training system based on virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) technology is also being developed and will be expanded and distributed to all PAR operating bases by 2022.

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-du said, "Through the establishment of smart units applying new technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution such as AI and big data, the status and operational situation of all units will be visualized in real time to commanders," adding, "New technologies will be applied to all aspects of unit management including personnel and logistics management, facilities, energy, budget, medical, and health, integrating each function and dramatically enhancing commanders' decision-making capabilities to transform into an advanced and strong military."

Minister of Science and ICT Choi Ki-young emphasized, "Seeing the achievements of the 4th Industrial Revolution smart defense innovation promoted by the military directly on site is reassuring," and added, "The Ministry of Science and ICT will actively support the military's construction of intelligent smart units."

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