Agency for Defense Development

South Korean national agency for research and development of defense technology
Organization government_agency Q626610
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Agency for Defense Development

Summary

Agency for Defense Development is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Agency for Defense Development's field of work was research and development[3].
  • Agency for Defense Development's field of work was military technology[4].
  • Agency for Defense Development's field of work was military research[5].
  • Agency for Defense Development was a member of KESLI Consortium[6].
  • Agency for Defense Development is located in Daejeon[7].
  • Agency for Defense Development is in the country of South Korea[8].
  • Agency for Defense Development's instance of is recorded as government agency[9].
  • Agency for Defense Development's instance of is recorded as non-classified public institution[10].
  • Agency for Defense Development's logo image is recorded as ADD Logo (CI).svg[11].
  • Agency for Defense Development's headquarters location is recorded as Daejeon[12].
  • Agency for Defense Development's ISNI is recorded as 000000040621566X[13].
  • Agency for Defense Development's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 170567529[14].
  • Agency for Defense Development's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2011035203[15].
  • Agency for Defense Development's part of is recorded as Defense Acquisition Program Administration[16].
  • Agency for Defense Development's part of is recorded as Ministry of National Defense of South Korea[17].
  • Agency for Defense Development's Commons category is recorded as Agency for Defense Development[18].
  • +1970-08-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Agency for Defense Development[19].
  • Agency for Defense Development's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0glpf4b[20].
  • Agency for Defense Development's parent organization or unit is recorded as Defense Acquisition Program Administration[21].
  • Agency for Defense Development's official website is recorded as https://www.add.re.kr/kps[22].
  • Agency for Defense Development's official website is recorded as https://www.add.re.kr/eps[23].
  • Agency for Defense Development's official website is recorded as http://www.add.re.kr[24].
  • Agency for Defense Development's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Agency for Defense Development[25].
  • Agency for Defense Development's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+3432'}[26].
  • Agency for Defense Development's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '국방과학연구소'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1970-08-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Agency for Defense Development[19].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '국방과학연구소'}[27] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Agency for Defense Development'}[28]. Part of include Defense Acquisition Program Administration[16], a Korean Executive Administration Agency[29], in South Korea[30], founded in 2006[31], headquartered in Government Complex Gwacheon[32] and Ministry of National Defense of South Korea[17], a defence ministry[33], in South Korea[34], founded in 1948[35], headquartered in Seoul[36]. Short names include {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '국과연'}[37] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ADD'}[38].

Operations

Agency for Defense Development's headquarters location is recorded as Daejeon[12]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Defense Acquisition Program Administration[21].

Industry

Fields of work include research and development[3], an economic activity[39]; military technology[4], a type of technology[40]; and military research[5].

Why It Matters

Agency for Defense Development ranks in the top 3% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . Dataset of South Korean Public Institutions 2025. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . Dataset of South Korean Public Institutions 2025. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . Dataset of South Korean Public Institutions 2025. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [6] . kesli.or.kr. Retrieved . kesli.or.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Dataset of South Korean Public Institutions 2025. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Dataset of South Korean Public Institutions 2025. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Dataset of South Korean Public Institutions 2025. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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