| Posted: June 17, 2008 |
South Korea to set up two defense nanotechnology research centers |
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(Nanowerk News) South Korea on Tuesday opened up a new defense research center that will develop ways to apply the country's advanced nanotechnology to develop new precision and micro weapons systems, the defense procurement agency said.
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The new specialized research center has a 13-billion-won (12.5 million U.S. dollars) budget to develop the new technology until 2016 under the supervision of Kim Do-hyang, professor of materials engineering at Seoul's Yonsei University, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
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Another specialized center will be opened later this week at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), it said.
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"The defense-specialized centers aim to secure stable development of new defense technology and training of research personnel through a long-term college support program," the DAPA said, adding the country plans to increase the number of such research centers to 20 by 2015.
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Seoul currently operates nine specialized defense research centers, which are mostly at colleges or state-run institutes
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