Announcement of the 2020 Civilian-Military Technology Cooperation Project Implementation Plan
A total investment of KRW 177.2 billion, a 15% increase over the previous year.
Developing private sector models and strengthening support for small and medium-sized enterprises

The government will invest a total of 177.2 billion won this year to apply core technologies of the 4th industrial revolution, such as robots, drones, 3D printing, AR, VR, and MR, to the defense sector.

To implement advanced national defense and secure competitiveness in new industries, 14 ministries, including the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, deliberated and finalized the "2020 Civilian-Military Technology Cooperation Project Implementation Plan" in writing through the Civilian-Military Technology Council on March 4.

This year's investment volume is KRW 177.2 billion (KRW 154 billion in 2019), a 15% increase from the previous year. Ten ministries will invest in a total of 195 projects (including 44 new projects). By project, KRW 159.3 billion will be invested in the Civilian-Military Dual-Use Technology Development Project and KRW 11 billion in the Civilian Technology Transfer Project.
The project focuses on developing high-speed human-machine synchronization control technology based on complex signals for wearable robot development, as well as projects applicable to actual defense fields such as reconnaissance drones and information-gathering gliders. The developed technology secures a track record by going through the process of being utilized in the defense field.

To promote civilian use of defense technology, along with verification in the defense sector, we will actively identify key leading models and expand pilot projects.

To this end, a fast-track system will be established to enable projects requiring rapid implementation and with a high potential for commercialization within a short period of time to be implemented in the same year, thereby promoting the transfer and utilization of high-impact, cutting-edge defense technologies to the private sector.

At the same time, in the case of the development of items related to weapons systems, the reliability of evaluation results and their usability in the defense field will be increased by establishing a new National Defense Power Development Work Instruction as an institutional foundation so that the military can directly conduct testing and evaluation, and in order to shorten the acquisition period, a basis (Defense Acquisition Program Act Enforcement Regulation) will be established to allow civil-military technology cooperation results to be submitted for medium-term (3-7 years) or emergency (2 years) requirements rather than the current long-term requirements (7 years or more).

In order to encourage participation by demand companies, regardless of the type of company, for small and medium-sized enterprises, the contribution amount is 75% or less of the project cost, the cash burden ratio is 10% or more of the private burden, and the fixed technology fee is within the range of 10% of the contribution amount.
The Civilian-Military Technology Cooperation Project is an inter-ministerial cooperation project that has been ongoing since 1999. It has contributed to improving the performance of weapons systems in the defense sector and to driving future growth engines in the private sector.

A total of KRW 1.3441 trillion has been invested as of 2019, and the project has shown business performance, including achieving a cumulative technology development commercialization rate of 69% over the past five years.
> In particular, the development of high-performance, high-functional composite fiber materials and small and medium-sized water jet propulsion systems have contributed significantly to the domestic production of weapon systems, and in the non-weapon system business, the development and mass production of winter naval uniforms with significantly improved functionality have been successful in supplying them to the Navy this year.