[Featured Stock] Perstek's 'Super Gap' Strategy in Robots and UAM with Core Technologies... Leading Numerous National Projects

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] Purstek is showing strong performance.

As of 9:35 a.m. on the 4th, Purstek is trading at 4,935 won, up 21.25% from the previous day.

According to the "110 National Tasks of the Yoon Seok-yeol Government" announced by Ahn Cheol-soo, Chairman of the Presidential Transition Committee, at the transition office in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul the day before, the new government expects to become one of the world's top three powers in the robotics sector by strengthening demand linkage and research and development (R&D) in digital realization industries such as robots and semiconductors.

The transition committee also presented as a major national task the establishment of a foundation for the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) within the new government's term to innovate the land, infrastructure, and transportation industry. They plan to prepare infrastructure, laws and systems, and demonstration bases for the commercialization of fully autonomous driving by 2027 and UAM by 2025, and to build electric and hydrogen vehicle clusters, certification and inspection maintenance systems, among others.

The transition committee outlined a blueprint to become one of the top five science and technology powers by concentrating national capabilities to foster essential strategic technologies necessary for global market leadership and securing national interests and security in the era of technological hegemony competition.

Purstek has been steadily advancing technology development related to robotics and aviation. Since being designated as a national defense contractor, Purstek has participated in major system projects such as the T-50, Surion, short-range surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air guided weapons, K-9 self-propelled howitzer, and K-10 ammunition carrier. It has developed and produced launch control equipment, drive devices, environmental control devices, heat exchangers, and automatic fire extinguishing systems across various fields, earning recognition for its technology and quality.

In 2018, Purstek succeeded in developing a vertical takeoff and landing flight robot system as part of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's core technology development project for robot industry convergence. This project was initiated in 2012 under the Ministry of Knowledge Economy's robot industry fundamental technology development program. Purstek led the project with participation from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, KAIST, and drone development specialist company Ucon System.

Purstek was responsible for ground systems and system technology, while the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, KAIST, and Ucon System respectively handled ▲aircraft and precision control ▲target tracking ▲avionics and mission equipment technologies. They also participated in the development of mine-clearing robots.

The British daily The Times reported that as Russian forces retreated from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, numerous casualties have occurred in the northern and western parts of Kyiv due to mines, unexploded ordnance, and booby traps laid by the Russian military. It noted that these mines are making cultivation difficult, potentially exacerbating the global food crisis.

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