STX engine begins domestic production of military diesel engines = South Korea

STX Engine has recently been selected as a development company for the domestic production of diesel engines in the defense industry, and has announced that it has partnered with the South Korean National Defense Technology Research Institute to support the development of weapons parts.
expressed. The reason behind the domestic production of diesel engines was that the diesel engines for the multiple rocket system used by the Army had reached their service life and there were no successors, so a replacement was needed.
There have been times when it has become necessary to develop a replacement engine. It is also part of a project to support the development of domestically produced weapons parts by the Korea National Defense Technology Research Institute.
Through this development project, the STX engine will solve the problem of limited military resources for successors due to the shortage of conventional mechanical engines.
Not only that, but they hope to be able to maintain a stable follow-on military force and respond to changes to next-generation weapons.
In 2021, STX Engine will launch a 1000 horsepower class diesel engine for the self-propelled gun “K9” in Japan.
It became an industrialized company. Approximately three years after the start of development, a prototype engine was produced and performance tests were completed. This opened up new export destinations such as the Middle East and Egypt.
CEO Lee Sang-soo of the company said of the partnership, ``Not only will we be able to domestically produce electronically controlled diesel engines to maintain a stable military force, but we will
"We will enable them to aim for growth together with small businesses."