Hanwha Systems said on the 26th that it held a kickoff meeting on the 23rd at the defense Convention Center in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration for the project to develop a performance upgrade system for the allied Korea joint command and control system (AKJCCS).
The AKJCCS performance upgrade is a project to completely redevelop AKJCCS, the core system that carries out command and control of South Korea-U.S. combined operations across the Korean Peninsula. Ahead of the transfer of wartime operational control, the plan is to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system so the South Korean military can more effectively lead combined operations. Hanwha Systems won the contract in Dec. last year.
To that end, for the first time among domestic command and control systems, AI-based situation analysis and automated decision-making support functions will be applied. In addition, the latest IT technologies such as desktop virtualization (VDI) will be applied to a cloud-based server architecture. An information-sharing system optimized for the latest South Korea-U.S. combined operations environment will be implemented, enabling commanders and staff to make more accurate assessments and responses.
The South Korean military plans to deploy AKJCCS in the field by 2029. A Hanwha Systems official said, "Based on the command and control system and defense ICT technology capabilities we have accumulated, we plan to play a key role in establishing a future combined operations execution system led by the South Korean military."