Agency for Defense Development

The Agency for Defense Development is the South Korean government agency for <a href="/facts/Research_and_development/2h5UddUu">research and development</a> in defense technology, funded by the <a href="/facts/Defense_Acquisition_Program_Administration/5rYMsRwQ">Defense Acquisition Program Administration</a> (DAPA). It was established in August 1970 under the banner of the self-reliant national defense promoted by President <a href="/facts/Park_Chung_Hee/Atcmtk7V">Park Chung Hee</a>.
Its purpose is contributing to enforcing the <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces/KHfR5eNp">national defence</a>, to improving the national R&D capacity, and to fostering the <a href="/facts/Defense_industry_of_South_Korea/vh8oKMK9">domestic defense industry</a>. ADD focuses on core weapons systems and core technology development, and studies major weapons platforms in high-risk and non-economical fields, unmanned and advanced, and new weapon systems for the future.
ADD is responsible for first South Korean ballistic missile <a href="/facts/Nike_Hercules/zFUBuAqc">Nike Hercules</a> Korea-1 aka White/Polar Bear, developed in the 1970s with its first successful test in 1978.
ADD is the operator of South Korea's first dedicated military satellite, <a href="/facts/ANASIS-II/gVqTwCEV">ANASIS-II</a>, launched on 20 July 2020 by a <a href="/facts/Falcon_9/mNck6vby">Falcon 9</a> rocket.

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Agency for Defense Development