LG CNS said on the 7th that it is expanding its defense IT business as it has consecutively won the network integration project for contingency communication networks of the Army Signal Command and the project to build the next-generation integrated defense facilities information system for the Defense Computing Information Agency.
LG CNS signed contracts for the two projects based on its defense IT capabilities and project execution experience. It has carried out projects including the Korea Joint Command and Control System (KJCCS), the Army and Air Force C4I, and the next-generation defense financial information system.
The contingency communication network integration project consolidates into a single network those that had been operated separately by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). LG CNS will run the project for about 15 months, standardize each service's network environment, and integrate redundantly built network equipment. This will simplify the existing complex one-to-one interconnection structure and unify information flows.
It will also apply software-defined networking (SDN) technology so routers distributed nationwide can be centrally managed. It will replace security equipment such as DDoS response, intrusion prevention systems, and firewalls with high-performance devices, and introduce an artificial intelligence (AI)–based integrated security monitoring solution to detect and respond to abnormal behavior in real time.
The project to build the next-generation integrated defense facilities information system is a comprehensive overhaul of the existing system, aimed at improving user convenience and work efficiency. It will standardize data across the entire lifecycle—planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance—of defense facilities and enable integrated management of tasks.
LG CNS will integrate defense facilities operations into a single system by linking 12 internal business systems, including Onnara 2.0 and the defense financial information system, with eight external systems, including Public MyData and the Ministry of Environment's Allbaro system. It will also build a geospatial information–based system to interlink with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's K-Geo platform and continuously reflect the latest geospatial information.
Through this, the Defense Computing Information Agency will be able to view information on defense facilities–related tasks—such as facility planning and budgeting, construction management, and state-owned asset management—on a single screen and carry out work promptly.
Bae Min, executive vice president and head of finance and public projects at LG CNS, said, "Based on our defense IT project capabilities, we will carry out the two projects stably and help advance the informatization environment in the defense field."