LIG Defense&Aerospace, or LIG D&A, is partnering with South African defense company Milkor to pursue the global market for next-generation unmanned aerial systems, the company said.
LIG D&A said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Milkor on Monday (local time) at DSA 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covering cooperation on future unmanned aircraft platforms and integrated mission systems technology.
The agreement aims at joint development of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft platforms and advanced mission equipment carried on them, which the companies described as increasingly essential on modern battlefields. LIG D&A and Milkor said they plan to deepen the partnership beyond technical exchanges, including jointly planning weapons-system development.
Under the MOU, the companies plan to pursue system-integration options that would combine LIG D&A’s in-house active electronically scanned array, or AESA, radar and advanced electronic warfare equipment with Milkor’s next-generation unmanned aircraft platform. The goal is a turnkey integrated unmanned system that can carry out missions ranging from surveillance and reconnaissance to precision strikes on a single platform.
A LIG D&A official said the combination of the company’s mission-system technology and Milkor’s proven unmanned platform would help secure a competitive product for the global market. The official said LIG D&A will continue efforts to develop unmanned-system solutions optimized for future battlefields and to strengthen the standing of South Korea’s defense industry.
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