• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.101-111
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• 2018

The autonomous weapon systems are being developed with a global competition due to the 4th industrial revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence. This theses analyzes on the technologies related to the autonomy of the new weapons, the new changes in war fighting regime that will be brought by such autonomous weapons, the level of autonomy in a autonomous weapon system, and also the definition and functions of the autonomy. The advanced artificial intelligence for the civilian commercial sectors would be similar to the required military autonomous systems. The future war fighting regime would be the war with autonomous weapon systems without any human casualties. The level of autonomy in the future weapons would be fully autonomous without any human supervision or involvement in the decision making processes. The functions of the autonomous weapon would be to sense, to decide, and to act with a full autonomy in order to accomplish desired purposes.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.375-381
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• 2023

In an increasingly hyperconnected battlefield, the reliance on battlefield networks and AI-based autonomous weapons systems creates uncertainty and raises ethical concerns. This article explores the responsibility gap in operating autonomous weapons systems, using Robert Sparrow's theory. By analyzing Sparrow's arguments, we propose overcoming the responsibility gap in lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). Our objective is to establish a framework of responsibility that aligns with the evolving battlefield, promoting the development and use of responsible weapon systems.

• ICROS
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.36-46
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• 2011

자율무인잠수정(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, AUV)은 미국을 중심으로 1980년대부터 다양한 수중관련 기술의 발전과, 민군의 사용분야가 증가되면서 급속한 발전의 진전을 보았다. 특히, 과학기술의 발전과 군의 전투개념 변화로 요구되는 무기체계도 급속히 변화되면서 자율무인잠수정이 핵심무기체계로 부상하게 되었다. 군에서 효율적인 전장 관리와 사회의 인명 중시 경향은 무기체계를 유인시스템으로 전환시키고 있다. 자율무인잠수정은 심해저 자원탐사, 해양조사 등 민수분야뿐만 아니라 해군의 정보전, 기뢰전, 그리고 대잠전과 같은 성분 작전에서 핵심적 역할을 수행하게 되었다. 본 기고에서 1994년부터 자율무인잠수정 종합발전 계획을 수립하여 개발하고 있는 미 해군 운용개념을 분석하고 분석된 결과를 기초로 하여 미래 우리 해군에서 자율무인잠수정의 개발 및 운용을 위하여 필요한 핵심 기술을 자율제어, 센서 및 신호처리, 진수 및 hgl수. 수중항법, 수중통신, 그리고 에너지 등으로 구분하고 각각에 대하여 기술발전 동향을 고찰하고 기술개발을 제안하였다.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.35-45
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• 2023

This paper addressed the analysis of the trend and direction of the US defense strategy based on their third offset strategy and presented the practical policy implication of ensuring the security of South Korea appropriately in the future national defense environment. The countermeasures for the development ability of advanced weapon systems and secure core technologies for Korea were presented in consideration of the US third offset strategy for the future national defense environment. First, to carry out the innovation of national defense in Korea based on artificial intelligence(AI), the long-term basis strategy for the operation of the unmanned robot and autonomous weapon system should be suggested. Second, the platform for AI has to be developed to obtain the development of algorithms and computing abilities for securing the collection/storage/management of national defense data. Lastly, advanced components and core technologies are identified, which the Korean government can join to develop with the US on a basis of the Korea-US alliance, and the technical cooperation with the US should be stronger.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.177-189
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• 2021

Defense R&D is a key process for securing weapons systems determined by mid- and long-term needs to cope with changing future battlefield environments. In particular, the test and evaluation provides information necessary to determine whether or not to switch to mass production as the last gateway to research and development of weapons systems and plays an important role in ensuring performance linked to the life cycle of weapons systems. Meanwhile, if you look at the recent changes in the operational environment of the Korean Peninsula and the defense acquisition environment, you can see three main characteristics. First of all, continuous safety accidents occurred during the operation of the weapon system, which increased social interest in the safety of combatants, and the efficient execution of the limited defense budget is required as acquisition costs increase. In addition, strategic approaches are needed to respond to future battlefield environments such as robots, autonomous weapons systems (RAS), and cyber security test and evaluation. Therefore, in this study, we would like to present strategies for improving the testing and evaluation of weapons systems by considering the characteristics of the security environment that has changed recently. To this end, the improvement strategy was derived by analyzing the complementary elements of the current weapon system operational test and evaluation system in a multi-dimensional model and prioritized through the hierarchical analysis method (AHP).

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.375-386
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• 2024

Autonomous weapon systems act according to artificial intelligence-based judgement based on recognition through various sensors. Test and evaluation for various scenarios is required depending on the characteristics that artificial intelligence-based judgement is made. As a part of this approach, this paper proposed a LiDAR point cloud augmentation method for mixed-reality based test and evaluation. The augmentation process is achieved by mixing real and virtual LiDAR signals based on the virtual LiDAR synchronized with the pose of the autonomous weapon system. For realistic augmentation of test and evaluation purposes, appropriate intensity values were inserted when generating a point cloud of a virtual object and its validity was verified. In addition, when mixing the generated point cloud of the virtual object with the real point cloud, the proposed method enhances realism by considering the occlusion phenomenon caused by the insertion of the virtual object.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.205-213
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• 2017

This paper is a study on the method to derive the functional level required for autonomous unmanned ground vehicle, one of the defense robots. Conventional weapon systems are not significantly affected by the operating environment, while defense robots exhibit different performance depending on the operating environment, even if they are on the same platform. If the performance of defense robot is different depending on operational environment, results of mission performance will be vary significantly. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the level of function required by the military in order to research and develop most optimal defense robots. In this thesis, we propose a method to derive the required function level of unmanned ground vehicles, focusing on autonomous driving, one of the most vital functions of defense robots. Our results showed that the autonomous driving function depending intervention levels and evaluated functional sensitivity for autonomous driving of the unmanned vehicle using climate and topography as variables.

• Proceedings of the CALSEC Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.287-302
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• 1997

$\square$ 연구 프로세스 $\bigcirc$ 연구 프로세스 무기(장비)의 개발 프로세스의 시작 점 ☆ 무기(장비)개발의 지연, 비용 증가, 개발 실패의 중요한 발생 요인 내포 $\bigcirc$ 연구 프로세스의 전통적 관점과 현재의 프로세스적 관점 ☆ 전통적 사고： 전문 연구자의 과도한 통제는 긴장 유발 가능으로 연구프로세스를 ‘블랙 박스’로 인식 ☆ 현재： 연구의 가시성과 모니터링 가능 $\bigcirc$ 연구 프로세스의 개선 추진 요인 ☆ 컴퓨터를 이용한 실험실 모델/분석, 컴퓨터 기반의 현장 시험과 결과의 커뮤니케이션, 추적 시스템/프로젝트 관리 시스템, 프로젝트 상에서 정보의 광범위한 유포 $\bigcirc$ 체계개념연구 프로세스의 프로세스 개선전략 ☆ 연구 프로세스 개선 추진요인을 통해, 연구 관련 정보를 관리 사업을 과속화/지연, 자원활용 극대화, 전망이 어두운 사업을 판별 조기 취소 ☆ 정보기술과 추진요인이 지닌 능력의 결합으로 개선 유도 ☆ 유의점： 연구에 종사하는 과학자, 전문 연구자의 전통적 독립성, 자율성과 신중한 균형 유지(중략)

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.328-338
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• 2021

A study on common modular design based on open standards to reduce the life cycle cost of ground weapon system is underway. Since the ground weapon system includes major mission equipment such as fire control system, it is essential to apply the concept of fault tolerance through automatic reconfiguration and blocking unspecified equipment through connectivity control. However, it is difficult to generalize due to the difference in operating characteristics for each system. In this paper, we propose a plug-and-play framework, which includes plug-and-play architecture and mechanism. The proposed method can be used in common by the application of each component as it is divided into a common service layer. In addition, the proposed connectivity control and autonomous reconfiguration method facilitates reflection of operating characteristics for each system. We constructed a verification environment that can simulate ground weapon systems and components, and verified that the proposed framework works through scenario-based functional tests.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.913-916
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• 2008

다중 센서 데이터 융합(Multi-Sensor Data Fusion)에 기반하여 자율관리 기능을 갖는 상황인식시스템에 대해 연구하였다. 다양한 형태의 센서들이 대규모의 네트워크로 연결된 환경에서 센서로부터 실시간으로 입력되는 데이터들을 융합하여 상황인식처리를 수행하는 시스템으로 노드에 설치된 소프트웨어 콤포넌트의 이상 유무를 자동 감지하고 치료하는 자율관리(Autonomic management) 기능을 갖는다. 제안한 시스템은 유비쿼터스 및 국방 무기체계의 감시·정찰, 지능형 자율 로봇, 지능형 자동차 등 다양한 상황인식 시스템에 적용가능하다.