Funzin introduces defense AI staffing solution ‘Kill Web Matching’… Developing ‘Hyper-connected technology’ for calls between different models.

 

Between satellite-mobile communication-wireless network
Network of continuous communication
As a core technology for UAM and unmanned aerial vehicles

Kim Deok Hwa, CEO of Funzin (center), is explaining the ‘Pipe 3.0 studio at the Korea International Defense Exhibition and Conference(KADEX) 2024’/ Provided by Funzin

Funzin is growing its defense AI solution business, including the recent supply of the “Defense AI Command Decision Support Solution” to the Ministry of National Defense. The company develops solutions that serve as the brain of AI robotics based on intelligent Internet of Things (AIoT) and mobile communication technologies.

On the 26th, the company announced that its defense AI staff solution, Kill Web Matching (KWM), which the company supplied last year, has been successfully demonstrating its performance, as evidenced by the recent demonstration by the Vice Minister of Defense and its registration as a product of the Ministry of National Defense. AI-based staff technology such as the command and decision-making system is a solution that quickly identifies enemy targets on the battlefield and recommends the optimal combination of weapon systems. It has already been introduced and is proving effective in advanced defense countries such as the United States.

The company is also developing 'AI terminal middleware software' for hyper-connected network technology that does not disconnect calls between different models of networks, such as 'satellite-mobile communication-wireless network', on the battlefield. This technology is considered a key technology for building a 6G hyper-connected network for various devices, including urban air mobility (UAM), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and unmanned ground vehicles (UGV).

With this technology, Funzin signed a strategic partnership with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) in November last year. Through this partnership, it is advancing its technology to strengthen KAI's development capabilities for its next-generation fighter jet business, “AI Pilot.” A Funzin official said, “We will strengthen cooperation with defense conglomerates to expand the market and increase profits,” and “We are planning to list on KOSDAQ with a special technology listing based on our excellent technology.”

Funzin's robotics and AI technologies are also considered innovative in the general industry. At CES 2025, the world's largest IT and consumer electronics fair held in January, Funzin unveiled RANZA, a multi-robot orchestration system that applies automatic allocation (AA)-path planning (PP) algorithm technology, and ESPER, a simulation tool for RANZA.

RANZA can manage multiple autonomous robot missions and work schedules and allocate the optimal mission route. The company explains that the technology can be applied to various fields, including parking robots, delivery robots, autonomous driving, and smart ports. In fact, the technology was successfully demonstrated at CES and received the GS (Good Software) 1st Class software quality certification.

In addition, Funzin introduced 'Pipe 3.0 Studio', an AI platform based on machine learning operating system (MLOps), which attracted visitors to CES. This product is a solution that automates more than 80% of the AI development process, including data collection, learning, optimizing, evaluation, deployment, and management. The MLOps system is an operating system that major IT companies such as Google, Naver, and SK Telecom have recently been paying attention to.

Based on this advanced technology, Funzin was selected as one of the “100 Defense Innovation Companies” selected by the Ministry of National Defense to advance future innovative defense technologies. Last year, it received three ministerial awards in the fields of science and industry, including the 2024 Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award (Grand Prize) at the 2024 Korea Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Innovation Awards, the 2024 Minister of Science and ICT Award for Contribution to the Dissemination of ICT Technology Achievements, and the 2024 Minister of SMEs and Startups Award for Contribution to the Promotion of Venture Startups.

“We have proven our robot and AI development capabilities and technical skills by playing a key role in the Ministry of National Defense's future business,” said Kim Deok Hwa, CEO of Funzin. ”We will expand our market share with robot and AI products that can change our daily lives beyond future defense technology.”

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