Nationwide Local Governments' Aerospace Organizations United in One... Launch of 'Convergence Council'

Introduction to Local Governments' Aerospace Promotion Projects and Infrastructure Development Plans Sharing

The 'National Local Governments Aerospace Convergence Council,' which connects aerospace industry support organizations of local governments nationwide, has been launched.

At the 'National Local Governments Aerospace Convergence Council Launch Ceremony' held on the 18th, Jeong Hye-gyeong, Director of Aerospace Industry Policy at the Space Agency, is delivering a greeting. Photo by Space Agency

According to the Aerospace Administration on the 18th, the council, which held its launching ceremony on the same day, includes 17 local governments from cities and provinces across the country, national technoparks, government-funded research institutes such as the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute.

The council is part of the aerospace cluster development plan promoted by the Aerospace Administration. It was established to identify the current status of aerospace infrastructure scattered across local governments, analyze regional strengths, and derive development plans for the aerospace industry.

The council plans to prepare detailed implementation tasks to promote commercialization and serve as a channel for close consultation with local governments.

Jung Hye-kyung, head of the Aerospace Industry Policy Division at the Aerospace Administration, said, "We will actively seek ways to coexist and develop with each local government and their communities through continuous interest and support from the central government in the future."

Kim Min-seok, vice president of the Aerospace Association, said, "For South Korea, a latecomer, to gain competitiveness in the new aerospace era, it is very important to pioneer and preoccupy new markets through convergence of aerospace technology with future key industries such as semiconductors, AI, energy, and mobility."

Chairman Lee Tae-sik of the Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies is giving a special lecture at the "7th Aerospace Leaders' Breakfast Forum" hosted by the Aerospace Association on the 18th. Photo by Aerospace Association

Meanwhile, the Aerospace Association separately held the '7th Aerospace Leaders Breakfast Forum' on the same day. Lee Tae-sik, president of the Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies, said in a special lecture, "Elon Musk, who is leading space innovation, if appointed as the Minister of Government Efficiency in the newly launched Trump administration, the pace of space development in various countries will accelerate further," adding, "It is time for Korea to establish a space development strategy to respond to this."

He particularly emphasized, "The changes in conditions due to the launch of the Trump administration could rather become the greatest opportunity for Korea."