{"id":261362,"date":"2026-05-22T01:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/22\/us-and-south-korea-form-new-drone-alliance-to-build-joint-supply-chains\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T01:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:22:52","slug":"us-and-south-korea-form-new-drone-alliance-to-build-joint-supply-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/military\/2026\/05\/22\/us-and-south-korea-form-new-drone-alliance-to-build-joint-supply-chains\/","title":{"rendered":"US and South Korea Form New Drone Alliance to Build Joint Supply Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<nisubtitle><\/p>\n<div>\n  <b>U.S.-South Korea Alliance Advances into a Drone Alliance<br \/>Cooperating to Build Joint Supply Chains for Drone and Counter-Drone Systems<\/b>\n <\/div>\n<p> <br \/>\n<\/nisubtitle> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-0be89f79-9b52-47d3-9eac-bc8e1c0f89a5.jpeg\" alt=\"On\" the afternoon of the 15th at the defense ministry in yongsan, jeon jun-beom (left), director of the defense ai planning office, and patrick mason, u.s. deputy assistant secretary of the army for defense exports and cooperation, shake hands at the signing ceremony. photo provided by the ministry of national defense.> The South Korean and U.S. defense ministries signed a memorandum of intent in Seoul on the 15th to deepen cooperation on drones, counter\u2011drone systems and joint market participation. <\/p>\n<p> Jeon Jun\u2011beom, director of the Defense AI Planning Office at South Korea\u2019s Ministry of National Defense, and Patrick Mason, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation, attended the signing. <\/p>\n<p> Under the memorandum, the two governments will move to implement measures to build joint supply chains for drone and counter\u2011drone systems and to cooperate on standardization. <\/p>\n<p> The Ministry of National Defense has allocated about 25 billion KRW (approximately $18.75 million) this year to a program to train 500,000 drone operators, with the goal of certifying service members as drone pilots. <\/p>\n<p> Last September, Minister of National Defense An Gyu\u2011baek visited the Army\u2019s 36th Division, designated as the country\u2019s first unit focused on small\u2011drone and counter\u2011drone testing, and ordered the full\u2011scale rollout of the 500,000\u2011operator training effort. <\/p>\n<p> Officials expect the memorandum with the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate South Korea\u2019s drive to build that cadre of drone operators. <\/p>\n<p> First, the U.S. Department of Defense plans to prioritize listing South Korean products on a drone and counter\u2011drone online trading platform it aims to launch later this year as part of the joint supply\u2011chain effort. <\/p>\n<p> The ministry said that enabling both countries to procure and operate South Korean systems should boost interoperability and reduce logistics costs. <\/p>\n<p> The U.S. Department of Defense will also work with Seoul to standardize drone and counter\u2011drone systems for combined operations. 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