A conceptual image showing how the MANET system being developed by LIG Nex1 will facilitate communication between different levels of the RoKA, including deployed platoons, companies, and brigades. (LIG Nex1)
LIG Nex1 is collaborating with the South Korean government-funded Defense Rapid Acquisition Technology Research Institute (DRATRI) to develop a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) system for the Republic of Korea Army (RoKA).
The MANET system will be developed under a project worth KRW15.3 billion (USD10 million) to improve the communication capabilities of the RoKA brigades and smaller formations, LIG Nex1 announced on 3 January.
Under this project, LIG Nex1 and DRATRI will develop a modular communication system that can be “autonomously configured by wireless terminals in an environment without network infrastructure”, LIG Nex1 said.
The MANET system will relay information from deployed soldiers, ground combat vehicles, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the brigade command posts for enhanced decision making on the battlefield.
LIG Nex1 added that the MANET system will include three types of communication equipment. The first type will be installed into surveillance and reconnaissance UAVs; the second type will be portable and can be carried by individual soldiers; and the third will be installed into ground combat vehicles.
The project is expected to be completed by 2027. The first prototype of the MANET system will be delivered to the RoKA after it is field-tested for six months with the service, LIG Nex1 said.
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