, Korea and the United States have agreed to cooperate in developing guided air-launched rockets, defense officials here said Tuesday (March 6).
The allies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last Friday for the project, code-named “LOGIR,” which aims to equip unguided air-to-air or air-to-ground rockets with a guidance system, according to officials at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration.
LOGIR is an acronym for “Low-Cost Guided Imaging Rocket.”
They said 2.75-inch (70-millimeter) rockets are originally designed for use by attack helicopters.
“The LOGIR project is a main joint project for weapons development between South Korea and the U.S.,” said Park Young-wook, director of Defense Acquisition Program Administration's technology acquirement department.
On Tuesday, Park exchanged the memorandum of understanding with Colonel Kevin W. Madden, chief of the Joint U.S. Military Affairs Group in Korea, (JUSMAG-K), at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration office in Seoul.
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