![Second Vice Minister of Science and ICT Ryu Je-myung (right) and Air Force Chief of Staff Son Seok-rak take a commemorative photo at the "Business Agreement Ceremony for Mutual Cooperation in the Field of Quantum Science and Technology" held at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 20th. [Photo = Ministry of Science and ICT]](https://wimg.mk.co.kr/news/cms/202510/20/news-p.v1.20251020.9548c31236f5465f89b021c0f91e448a_P1.jpg)
The government and the military will work together to develop technology so that quantum science and technology can be utilized in future weapon techniques.
The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Air Force introduced on the twentieth that they’ve signed a enterprise settlement for mutual cooperation in the subject of quantum science and technology.
The two organizations plan to develop future weapons techniques using home quantum science and technology capabilities to push for self-reliance and strengthening of home quantum science and technology capabilities.
The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to present recommendation and infrastructure on quantum science and technology to the Air Force, and the Air Force plans to actively take into account making use of quantum science technology from the stage of elevating the want for weapons techniques.
Ryu Je-myung, the second vice minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, mentioned, “Through the business agreement, the development of advanced weapons systems using quantum science and technology will be activated to strengthen defense and self-reliance in quantum science and technology at the same time, and in particular, K-bang competitiveness will be further strengthened.”
Quantum science technology is taken into account a key technology for future battlefields as it could actually implement GPS-free GPS navigation, stealth detection, and military cryptosystem neutralization with out GPS. Major superior nations are additionally competing for technological supremacy by designating quantum science and technology as a nationwide strategic technology and investing intensively.
Air Force Chief of Staff Son Seok-rak mentioned, “Through active cooperation with the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Air Force will focus its efforts on securing challenging and innovative technologies that can achieve superiority in the future battlefield, such as quantum radars and combined combat systems.”