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DoD Eyes More Technology Ties With South Korea

By Marc Selinger

Monday, November 21st, 2016

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DoD Eyes More Technology Ties With South Korea

South Korea’s recent advances in technology, especially robotics, provide an opportunity for the U.S. Department of Defense to increase its research and development work with its East Asian ally, a Pentagon official said Nov. 21.South Korea demonstrated “impressive” robotics capabilities at last year’s DARPA Robotics Challenge, in which 23 teams from around the world competed for two days on an obstacle course in California, said Dale Ormond, principal director for research in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense…

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