– Gangwon-do was selected for the MOTIE public contest, and 3 billion won was secured for 105 years.
– Establishment of test and evaluation basis for mid- to large-scale special purpose manned and unmanned aerial vehicles
– A leading role in creating an industrial ecosystem for special purposes such as military, disaster, and medical care
□ Gangwon-do announced on the 24th that it had been selected as the final selection for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's 'Special Purpose Manned and Unmanned Drone Industrial Ecosystem Creation Support Project' contest together with Wonju-si on the XNUMXth.
□ This project is a large-scale project that will invest a total of KRW 3 billion (KRW 290 billion from the government) for three years to build an infrastructure that can test and evaluate medium- and large-sized manned and unmanned aerial vehicles within the Wonju Buron General Industrial Complex.
□ The host institution is the Korea Testing and Technology Institute (President Sejong Kim), a public institution specializing in testing and evaluation, who is in charge of projects such as the future aviation technology center and equipment construction, and preparation of the test and evaluation support system. The cooperation group (Director Il-shik Shin) will participate in the establishment of a corporate cooperation system and human resource training.
□ In the Future Aviation Technology Center to be built through this project, it is planned to build equipment that can test and evaluate large-scale manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (self-weight exceeding 150 kg and maximum 3,175 kg or less) to perform various missions.
– It will be equipped with three types of facilities: a freely deployable portable noise evaluation system, a flight control stability evaluation system that can implement various wind environments, and a complex environment chamber system that can test and evaluate environmental resistance tests for rain and snow environments and icing. .
□ Meanwhile, Gangwon-do plans to develop the urban air traffic (UAM) industry into special-purpose fields such as military, disaster, medical care, and cargo, and foster it as the future cutting-edge food industry in Gangwon-do.
– UAM prototype will be developed from 2021 and will be completed in 2023,
– In order to expand the Yeongwol demonstration test bed, we plan to build an indoor test site for medium and large drones in connection with a drone-only flight test site by 2024.
– In addition, there is a plan to form a consultative body with industry, academia, research, and military units in the province to materialize the development and service realization of manned and unmanned drones for special purposes. are doing
□ Gangwon-do Strategic Industry Manager Kim Gwang-cheol said, 'There are some small-scale drone test facilities in operation, but as mid-to-large-scale facilities are the first in the country to be built, Gangwon-do can become the center of the drone industry for manned and unmanned drones and special purpose drones. I look forward to being able to create