Korea C4ISR programs

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The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) have deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in South Korea, advancing battlespace awareness and missile defense in the region.

The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman recently deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities into modernized facilities in South Korea. JTAGS enables early warning of missile attacks and other events. (Picture source: Northrop Grumman)

This deployment marks the completion of phase one of the JTAGS modernization program. The system was first fielded in tactical shelters in 1997 to provide in-theater missile warning using data directly from satellite sensors.


“This is a tremendous milestone in our decades-long mission of delivering missile warning and defense capabilities to protect our joint warfighters and allies,” said Kenn Todorov, vice president and general manager, combat systems and mission readiness, Northrop Grumman. “JTAGS is vital to warfighters and of growing importance as we create true Joint All-Domain Command and Control systems, especially as we find new ways to integrate and leverage space-based assets.”


JTAGS receives and processes data directly down-linked from the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) constellation of satellites, including Defense Support Program and Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) sensors, and other infrared satellite sensors. JTAGS then disseminates near-real-time warning, alerting and cueing information on ballistic missile launches and other tactical events of interest throughout the theater using multiple communications networks

The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman recently deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in South Korea, including a modernized operations center (Picture source: Northrop Grumman)

Under the phase one modernization effort, Northrop Grumman and the Army installed JTAGS Block II in permanent facilities in Japan, Qatar, Italy and the Republic of Korea, with updates to hardware, software and communication systems, and enhancements to cyber-security and the soldier-machine interface. The deployments included soldier training and exercise support capabilities.


Northrop Grumman is already executing phase two of the JTAGS Pre-planned Product improvement (P3I) modernization program, delivering additional sensor processing capabilities and updating software architecture.


Under the direction of the JTAGS Product Office, Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, Northrop Grumman has been the JTAGS prime contractor since 1994, responsible for developing, fielding, maintaining and enhancing the system worldwide.

Northrop Grumman and US Army install improved missile early warning sy

The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) have deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in South Korea, advanc

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The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) decided to upgrade the 39th Tactical Reconnaissance Group (TRG) to Wing status beginning November 2020.

The newly established 39th Reconnaissance Wing (RW) will manage all the recon assets the RoKAF now operates, including the four RQ-4 Global Hawks. According to the press statement, the wing will be stationed at Chungju/Jungwon (K-75) air base, conveniently already the homebase of the 159th Tactical Recon Squadron operating RKF-16Cs. This squadron belonged to both the 19th Fighter Wing and the 39th TRG but is now fully subordinate to the new wing. The unit operating the RQ-4s was rumoured to be the 39th Recon Squadron, but this is now more likely to be another newly numbered squadron.

Also becoming part of the new wing are the four RC-800RA Geumgangs of the 296th TRS. The question is if all the assets of the 296th TRS including the RC-800SIG Baekdu and Falcon 2000S SIGINT will also join the new wing and if so, if all ten aircraft will move to Chungju or remain at Seongnam.

Another aircraft which will operate within the new wing will be a medium-altitude unmanned aircraft system, probably the MUAV program of Korean Air. This programme however ran into some difficulties as it was found out that the anti-icing system was not functioning as projected, resulting in the crash of one prototype and the grounding of the other.

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Korean Air is to bid to be prime contractor for the Defense Acquisition Program Administration's (DAPA)'s second Baekdu intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft development project.

The company announced its intent on 1 July, noting that its previous experience in delivering the first Baekdu project that comprised two Dassault Falcon 2000S-based platforms for the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) would stand it in good stead to also deliver this second platform.

“During the first project [that ran from 2011 to 2018], Korean Air carried out key tasks, such as aircraft modification, integrated logistics support, airworthiness certification, and test flights,” the company noted. “Using the technology and expertise acquired through creating the first new Baekdu aircraft with L-3 […] Korean Air succeeded in building the second aircraft by itself.”

Korean Air is currently the only company to publicly declare its intent to bid for the programme, with the South Korean government having solicited bids on 30 June.

With two Dassault Falcon 2000S-based Baekdu now operational, the RoKAF is looking to replace its four older Hawker 800SIG Peace Pioneer (also sometimes referred to as Baekdu) aircraft with a second Baekdu project of four aircraft that will be developed from 2022 to 2026 at a cost of approximately KRW870 billion (USD770 million). Korean Air said that it has already signed an aircraft purchase agreement with Dassault Aviation to speed up preparations for the project, suggesting that the second Baekdu project will be based on the same Falcon 2000S host platform as the first.

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