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acquisition process more efficient, having reviewed a total of 35 requirement cases since

November 2016, of which 26 were identif ied in the very early stages as requiring revision or
carrying various potential risk factors. Since 2015, the MND has been operating an integrated
system of requirement review that determines the relative priority of the requirements, and such

information is being put into use for the establishment of the Mid-Term Defense Plan.
In the last two years, a total of 222 cases of analysis and evaluation have been carr ied out to
support various decision-making processes relating to the invitation of certain projects. Hence,

the analysis and evaluation process will be developed into a method for reviewing redundancies
and connections among similar or related defense acquisition projects, and identifying
priorities from a comprehensive perspective. In addition, there are plans to establish a database

management system to make it more convenient to accumulate, manage, and share the results
of conducted analyses and evaluations, as well as to increase the transparency and ef f iciency of
the process.

| Timely Execution of Tests and Evaluations | Tests and evaluations are conducted to
determine whether a weapons system or a core technology that is due to be acquired through

purchase or research and development meets the military’s performance standard and criteria.
As of November 2018, the MND has conducted tests and evaluations for a total of 139
projects, including the Tactical Information Communication Network project, since taking over
the responsibility of testing and evaluating from the DAPA in 2014. The results of these tests

and evaluations have since been utilized in the decision-making process of whether or not to
pursue the f ield deployment of such projects. The MND will continue its efforts to conduct
timely tests and evaluations to select and deploy only superior weapons systems with verif ied

per formance.

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