SEOUL, January 26 (AJP) - South Korea has launched development of its first artificial intelligence-based command-and-control system as it prepares for the transfer of wartime operational control, defense authorities and industry officials said on Monday.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Hanwha Systems held a kickoff meeting on Jan. 23 in Seoul for the Allied Command and Control System (AKJCCS) performance upgrade project. Hanwha Systems won the DAPA-led contract for the project in December.
The project calls for a full redevelopment of AKJCCS, a core system used to command and control South Korea-U.S. combined military operations on the Korean Peninsula.
The upgraded system will be the first domestically developed command-and-control platform to incorporate AI-based situational analysis and automated decision-support functions, along with a cloud-based server architecture and virtual desktop infrastructure.
The enhancements are intended to improve information sharing in an evolving combined-operations environment, enabling commanders and staff to make more accurate and timely assessments and responses, according to Hanwha Systems.
South Korea’s military plans to deploy the upgraded AKJCCS by 2029.
Hanwha Systems said it aims to play a central role in building a future combined-operations command system led by South Korea, leveraging its experience in command-and-control systems and defense information and communications technology.
The kickoff meeting brought together officials from DAPA and Hanwha Systems, as well as representatives from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S.-South Korea Combined Forces Command and the Republic of Korea Army Command, Control, Communications and Computer Command.
* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.
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