NearsLab Wins Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award at the "2025 Korea Technology Awards"

Youngseok Jung, CTO, Also Honored with Jang Young-Shil Award and Minister's Commendation for Contributions to Machinery and Robotics Industry

Drone artificial intelligence (AI) company NearsLab announced on December 4 that it has received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award at the "2025 Korea Technology Awards." Hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Korea Technology Awards recognize outstanding achievements in domestic industrial technology and honor innovative technologies with broad impact across the national industry. Technologies are evaluated comprehensively based on technical completeness, market potential, and ripple effect.

Youngseok Jung, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of NearsLab, is taking a commemorative photo after receiving an award. NearsLab

NearsLab won this award for its "NearsWind Mobile" technology, which enables autonomous flight using only commercial drones and a smartphone app. While the drone industry has traditionally focused on high-performance hardware competition, NearsLab has overcome hardware limitations through software capabilities, presenting a new approach. The ability to expand mission functions through software updates alone, significantly reducing introduction and operation costs, and the capability to perform complex inspection missions without specialized equipment or expensive drones were highly rated by the judges.

Youngseok Jung, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of NearsLab, who oversaw the development of this technology, has previously demonstrated his technological leadership by winning the IR52 Jang Young-Shil Award and the 2025 Minister's Commendation for Contributions to the Development of the Machinery and Robotics Industry. CTO Jung stated, "The Korea Technology Award is a meaningful recognition that software technology is the key to leading the future of the drone industry," adding, "NearsLab will continue to create a future where safe and efficient unmanned flight is possible."

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