Hanwha Aerospace said it will work with Krafton, the maker of “PUBG: Battlegrounds,” to jointly develop physical AI, a field focused on AI that operates in real-world environments.
Hanwha Aerospace said Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Krafton covering joint development of AI technology and plans to explore establishing a joint venture.
The companies said they will proceed in stages, including joint R&D on core physical AI technologies, reviews of demonstration and deployment scenarios, and building technical and operational systems. They said a future joint venture would be used to commercialize results and set up a mid- to long-term cooperation framework.
The partnership combines Hanwha Aerospace’s defense and manufacturing infrastructure and unmanned systems technology with Krafton’s AI research capabilities and software development expertise, the companies said.
Hanwha Aerospace said it will use its weapons-system operating experience to improve the maturity of physical AI that functions in real settings and to verify field applicability through step-by-step demonstrations.
The companies said Krafton’s experience managing data and its simulation technology built on virtual environments are expected to play an important role in training and validating physical AI. They said they plan to expand cooperation over the long term to the space and aviation sectors.
They also said they will participate as investors in a $1 billion fund formed by Hanwha Asset Management, which focuses on AI, robotics and the defense industry.
The companies said they aim to expand the physical AI ecosystem and strengthen competitiveness by investing in promising technologies and companies, and to identify partners with high growth potential across the value chain and link them to joint development and commercialization.
Krafton CEO Kim Chang-han said, “We will accelerate development of technology that operates in real environments by combining Krafton’s AI capabilities and software operations expertise with Hanwha’s field-based strengths.” He added, “We will later establish a JV with Hanwha to connect joint development results to commercialization and grow the JV into a global defense technology company like Anduril.”
Hanwha Aerospace CEO Son Jae-il said, “AI technology is rapidly growing into physical AI used in the defense sector beyond industry,” and added, “Through cooperation with Krafton, we will present a new technology paradigm for the future defense sector.”
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