South Korea 2022 Rapid Defense Demonstration Project

ongoing with delays

The 2022 rapid demonstration project in South Korea involves contractors producing prototypes for new weapons systems to be trialed by the military. However, due to conflicting rules revised in 2023, these contractors face delays in progressing to mass production and fielding of the systems. The 2023 rule changes omitted the 'test and evaluation' phase to speed up projects, but this does not apply retroactively to 2022 contractors, causing delays and duplicate investments.