LIG Nex1 Wins 'Gold Award' for Defense Acquisition Program R&D Incentive from Defense Acquisition Program Administration ... First Domestic R&D and Deployment for Space Operations

"All-in on Space Domain Awareness R&D and Strengthening Defense Capabilities"

At the '2022 R&D Incentive Award Ceremony' held at the Air Force Hotel on the 20th, Kang Hwan-seok, Deputy Administrator of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (left), and Gong Young-jun, Senior Researcher at LIG Nex1, who won the 'Gold Prize' in the military-industry-academia-research sector (right), are posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] LIG Nex1 received the Gold Award in the military-industry-academia-research sector at the 2022 Research and Development Incentive Ceremony hosted by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration for its research and development of the ‘Electro-Optical Satellite Surveillance System.’

The Electro-Optical Satellite Surveillance System performs the mission of detecting and tracking space objects such as satellites passing over the Korean Peninsula to acquire information.

LIG Nex1 began development in 2015 to secure space domain awareness capabilities, which are fundamental to conducting space operations, and after operational test evaluations from 2019 through last year, achieved operational deployment this year.

LIG Nex1 was highly evaluated for contributing to the first domestic research and development and operational deployment aimed at securing the military’s space operation capabilities.

In addition, LIG Nex1 was recognized for its research and development capabilities with projects selected in the military-industry-academia-research sector, including ‘Development of Lightweight SAR Antenna Technology for Satellites’ (Bronze Award) and ‘Development of Broadband Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM)’ (Incentive Award).

The Research and Development Incentive system was introduced in 1979 as a government initiative to promote research and development in the defense sector and to boost the morale of researchers by selecting outstanding projects and awarding incentives.

Gong Young-jun, Senior Researcher at LIG Nex1, said, “I am grateful to have been selected for the highest honor, the ‘Gold Award,’ in recognition of our research and development achievements. This accomplishment was achieved through close collaboration with related organizations and partner companies for the future advancement of national space technology. We will continue to devote ourselves to research and development related to space domain awareness and do our best to strengthen defense industry technological capabilities.”

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