Sejong University partners with LIG D&A to foster defense industry professionals

Sejong University has joined forces with LIG Defense & Aerospace (LIG D&A), Korea’s leading defense contractor, to cultivate professionals for the future defense industry.

The university said it signed an agreement with LIG D&A at its Seoul campus on Tuesday to establish a contract-based Department of Defense Convergence Technology.

Under the agreement, the two sides will work together to foster professionals equipped with technical expertise and practical capabilities required by the defense industry to meet challenges of rapidly evolving future battlefields and the growing demand for advanced weapons systems.

Both organizations will also jointly develop and operate the curriculum for the department while promoting practice-oriented education and research that reflect the needs of the defense industry.

The agreement calls for cultivating the next generation of defense industry professionals by combining LIG D&A’s technological expertise and extensive industry experience with the university’s education and research capabilities in defense science and technology, artificial intellig ...