{"id":2085,"date":"2026-01-27T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/mda-space-and-hanwha-sign-mou-to-collaborate-on-koreas-k-leo-defence-constellation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:02:21","slug":"mda-space-and-hanwha-sign-mou-to-collaborate-on-koreas-k-leo-defence-constellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/mda-space-and-hanwha-sign-mou-to-collaborate-on-koreas-k-leo-defence-constellation\/","title":{"rendered":"MDA Space and Hanwha Sign MOU to Collaborate on Korea\u2019s K-LEO Defence Constellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover27326_639050850762470846.webp\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"MDA Space and Hanwha Sign MOU to Collaborate on Korea\u2019s K-LEO Defence Constellation\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover27326_639050850762470846.webp\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover27326_639050850762470846.webp\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd. (&#8220;Hanwha&#8221;), a global leader in smart technologies and aerospace solutions. Through this MOU, MDA Space and Hanwha will explore opportunities to collaborate on the development of Korea&#8217;s sovereign Low Earth Orbit (K-LEO) defence constellation, leveraging MDA&#8217;s AURORA\u2122 software-defined digital satellites.<\/p>\n<p>The K-LEO constellation is a flagship national initiative designed to strengthen Korea&#8217;s sovereign defence capabilities and ensure secure, resilient communications and data services for national security operations. MDA Space and Hanwha will work together to assess how MDA AURORA&#8217;s flexible, software-defined architecture can support Hanwha in addressing evolving mission requirements, maximizing operational efficiency, and enabling robust, scalable satellite solutions for the K-LEO defence program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are the different types of SAR Imaging techniques?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>&#8220;We are honoured to partner with&nbsp;<\/em><em>Hanwha<\/em><em>&nbsp;in support of Korea&#8217;s sovereign K-LEO defence constellation,&#8221; <strong>said Mike Greenley, CEO of MDA Space<\/strong>. &#8220;This collaboration highlights the global confidence in&nbsp;<\/em><em>MDA AURORA<\/em><em>&#8216;s secure dual-use software-defined satellite technology to deliver mission-critical flexibility, performance, and resilience for national defence networks. Together with Hanwha, we look forward to advancing Korea&#8217;s defence infrastructure and enabling a new era of secure connectivity.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This MOU marks an important first step in exploring collaboration with a global partner to advance Korea&#8217;s defence space capabilities,&#8221; <strong>said Jae-il Son, CEO of Hanwha Systems<\/strong>. &#8220;We will continue to assess next-generation satellite solutions capable of addressing evolving operational requirements.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd. (&#8220;Hanwha&#8221;), a global leader in smart technologies and aerospace solutions. Through this MOU, MDA Space and Hanwha will explore opportunities to collaborate on the development of Korea&#8217;s sovereign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39,38,20],"class_list":["post-2085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerospace","tag-leo","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}