‘Drone Show Korea 2023’ hosted by Busan Metropolitan City, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Ministry of National Defense, and supervised by BEXCO and Korea Unmanned Aerial System Association, will be held from February 2023 (Thu) to 2 It will be held at BEXCO in Busan for 23 days until Sunday (Sat).
‘Drone Show Korea’, which celebrates its 7th anniversary this year, has 172 companies, 625 booths, an exhibition of 17,600㎡, and 8 people from 46 countries (USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Korea) participated as speakers and moderators. It consists of conferences and various experiential events. In this Drone Show Korea, paying attention to the scalability of the drone industry under the theme of ‘Everything about drones, our future to be faced with drones’, we introduce cases of convergence between industries that will be implemented with drones, and present a variety of new technologies that will be applied to our future daily life. Introducing the drone model.
First of all, in the largest-ever exhibition held last year, the participation of institutions/companies leading major issues of drones such as UAM/AAM, spatial information, AI, hydrogen, and marine is more prominent, and the ‘Drone Infrastructure Utilization Pavilion’ , ‘Spatial Information Convergence Alliance Joint Pavilion’, ‘Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy DaaS (Drone as a Service)-based Global Ocean City Construction Pavilion’, ‘Ministry of Science and ICT Source Technology R&D Pavilion’ show research results on drone services and technologies. and cases of contact with daily life are introduced.
In particular, the Ministry of National Defense will exhibit the current and future development of national defense, which is leaping into an AI science and technology powerhouse through Defense Innovation 4.0. The Army is an AI-based dronebot combat system centered on the ‘Army TIGER’ to lead multi-domain operations, the Navy is an AI-based maritime manned/unmanned complex combat system in preparation for future maritime warfare, and the Air Force is an airborne unmanned aerial vehicle to achieve superiority in all areas of the future. Demonstrate the vision and capabilities of the system. In addition, a business briefing on the Defense Acquisition Program Administration’s drone weapon system electrification project will be held.
In addition, as a UAM consortium of Busan City, a complete B-UAM Future Team (LG U+, GS E&C, Kakao Mobility, Pablo Aviation) equipped with all UAM service-related capabilities from mobility platform to airframe, communication, and infrastructure, from small drones to tactical UAVs, stealth UAVs, Korean Air, which develops and produces various platforms, including large-scale strategic reconnaissance drones, and is positioning itself as a leading domestic company in the field, Doosan Mobility Innovation, which presents the future of drones and land robots with hydrogen fuel cells, the next-generation power source, and integrated drone control technology and Yukon System, which exhibits drone and anti-drone solutions, Perstek, which exhibits element technologies included in large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle systems, Prinew, which demonstrates monitoring through drone integrated control vehicles, and hybrid solutions that enable optimized flight distance and low-carbon flight. Many companies related to drones (drones) such as Plana, which develops airframes, Daon INC, Ness & Tech, and Hancom Inspace, which disclose blockchain/AI-based swarm flight control technology and introduce unmanned aerial vehicles and swarm drone operation/maintenance training kits, will participate.
In addition, SK E&S introduces various applications of hydrogen drones, such as transportation and industrial sites, and presents the future vision of Busan, a ‘clean hydrogen city’ that will be created based on the hydrogen value chain. Development project, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, etc.) exhibits a 40kg-class transport drone with a hybrid engine and a drone protection system that can protect important facilities from drone threats, and SK Telecom uses drones to analyze solar panel AI and mobile robots and drone integrated video control system.
With the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Aviation Safety Technology Institute as the main axis, the Drone Infrastructure and Utilization Hall is composed of local governments and domestic drone companies that participated in the drone demonstration project, and the National Geographic Information Institute and the Spatial Information Quality Management Service information tech: DSIT)’, along with 9 companies specializing in geospatial information convergence, will set up a booth in the joint pavilion and hold a public survey implementer meeting. Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Aviation Safety Technology Institute, Korea Transportation Safety Authority, Korea Electric Research Institute, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, and other key domestic UAV research and development organizations and public demand agencies also create exhibition halls.
It is also worth paying attention to the participation of foreign companies, which have been difficult to participate in the aftermath of Corona 19. Liberaware (Japan), which provides services and demonstrations of small drones inspecting indoor spaces; Shenzhen Grepow Battery (China) and Shenzhen Vigorpower Battery (China), which provide lithium batteries and battery solutions; DJI (China) and Amuse, which jointly participate with domestic partners. Oneself (Japan), FLYABILITY (Switzerland), etc. will participate as booths. Aviation Week Network (USA), a famous aviation media, is promoting overseas as an official media partner, and the president and officials of the World UAV Federation (China) also visit to discuss partnership with Drone Show Korea.
The keynote speech on the first day of the international conference, which will be held over two days from February 2 to 23, was given under the theme of ‘Challenges of the drone and future mobility industry’ by the Uber Elevate business that led the global UAM/AAM boom. Mark Moore (Current CEO of Whisper Aero) gave the first presentation, followed by Prof. Sunjo Jeong of the California Institute of Technology on the importance of AI and machine learning research to secure the stability of future mobility such as rapidly developing drones, various unmanned vehicles, and UAM/AAM. announce about
In addition, in the afternoon of the 1st day, the ‘K-Drone’s Global Stage’ session was planned to promote the pioneering of the global market by Korean companies leading the drone industry in Korea. Starting with the announcement of ‘Establishment of an Effective K-Drone Overseas Expansion Strategies’ by the KOTRA Defense Trade Support Center, Drone Industry Insight provides a comprehensive understanding of the global drone market and opportunities for Korean companies to enter the African continent, targeting Bangladesh. , Bangladesh Environmental Geographic Information Service Center, and officials from the African Development Bank, etc. were invited to present various perspectives. In the last ‘Young Pioneers’ session on the first day, young leaders who are quietly pioneering domestic and foreign markets for the development of the drone industry in Korea were introduced, and an opportunity was provided to think about the direction we should move based on their experiences.
On the 2th, the 24nd day, the conference will be divided into two tracks. In Track #2, ▲Drones and War (current status of domestic and foreign drone weapon system deployment, etc.) ▲future spatial information technology (state-of-the-art spatial information technology and spatial information for UAM promotion) Policy, etc.) ▲ A session on the use of drones (various activities of drones that are changing our lives) is scheduled. In track #1, ▲next-generation power sources (research on next-generation power sources, a key technology that will open the future mobility era), ▲from deep sea to space (infinite possibilities and scalability of drones and unmanned vehicles), ▲future mobility ecosystem (preoccupying the UAM/AAM era) Various technologies and infrastructures that must be accompanied to do this) are in progress.
Meanwhile, ‘Pop Drone Battle Competition’, ‘Drone Soccer e-Sports’, product experience of participating companies and ‘Community Drone Coding Education and Demonstration’ for teenagers are prepared to establish drone leisure culture, and on the 23rd, the first day of the opening, Thu) In the evening (19:10, around XNUMX minutes), Daon I&C’s ‘Drone Light Show’ shows our future through drones. Viewing is possible at the designated location of the BEXCO outdoor exhibition hall (near the flagpole).
An official from Busan City said, “As interest in drones has grown more recently, we have made every effort to prepare for a safe event. Drone Show Korea goes beyond the business field of the drone industry in Korea and lays the groundwork as an international future drone platform by sharing the latest technology including the future mobility industry. We will establish ourselves as a leading city leading commercialization.”
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