[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has started developing vertical take-off and landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology with Northrop Grumman (NG) in the U.S. Based on this, KAI is planning to enter the vertical take-off and landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle business for maritime missions.
KAI announced on the 19th that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOA) with NG for technical cooperation in the vertical take-off and landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle business at its headquarters in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, on the 18th. The signing ceremony was attended by Kim Ji-hong, president of KAI's Future Convergence Technology Institute, and Richard Sullivan, vice president of NG.
The agreement calls for joining hands to develop a vertical take-off and landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that can be mounted and operated on naval destroyers in Korea.
AlphaBIZ Paul Lee(hoondork@alphabiz.co.kr)
