Defense Acquisition Program Administration

Defense Acquisition Program Administration

방위사업청 Bang-wi Saeop-cheong
Emblem of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration
Agency overview
Formed	January 1, 2006
Jurisdiction	Government of South Korea
Headquarters	54-99 Duteopbawi-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-833, South Korea
Agency executives	Lee Young-geol, Minister Kim Chul-soo, Deputy Minister
Child agencies	Agency for Defense Development Defense Agency for Technology and Quality
Website	Official DAPA website in Korean Official DAPA website in English

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA for short) is an executive branch of the South Korean Government. It was established on January 1, 2006 under the Ministry of National Defense for the purpose of administering improvement projects of defense capability, the procurement of munitions, and the fostering of defense industries.^[1]

Ministers

Ministers of the DAPA^[2]

Name	Took office	Left office	Note
Kim Jung-il(김정일)	January 1, 2006	July 25, 2006
Lee Sun-hee(이선희)	August 9, 2006	March 7, 2008
Yang Chi-gyu(양치규)	March 8, 2008	January 19, 2009
Byun Moo-keun(변무근)	January 20, 2009	August 16, 2010
Chang Soo-man(장수만)	August 16, 2010	February 16, 2011
Noh Dae-Lae(노대래)	March 18, 2011	March 15, 2013	Now Chairperson of the Fair Trade Commission
Lee Yong-geol(이용걸)	April 15, 2013	Incumbent

Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee

In order to deliberate upon and coordinate major policies, management of financial resources and other purposes for the promotion of defense acquisition programs, the Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee was placed under the control of the Minister of National Defense.^[3] Through the Committee, with the minister of National Defense as chairman, project promotion methods and model decisions are discussed and adjusted and defense capacity improvement projects are implemented.

Major Projects^[4]

DAPA manages a variety of defense procurement projects. Examples of current and past projects include:

Aircraft

• KAI KUH-1 Surion transport utility helicopter
• KAI T-50 Golden Eagle family of supersonic advanced trainers and multirole light fighters, including the following variants:
  • T-50 (advanced trainer version)
  • TA-50 (lead-in fighter trainer and light attack version)
  • FA-50 (multirole fighter all-weather version)
  • T-50B (aerobatic specialized T-50 version for the ROKAF's aerobatic display team, the Black Eagles)

Vehicles

• K2 Black Panther main battle tank
• K9 Thunder self-propelled 155 mm howitzer

Vessels

• Sejong the Great-class KD-III guided missile destroyer

Other

• S&T Daewoo K11 DAW assault rifle

References

1. Government Organization Act (Article 33)
2. 방위사업청 역대 청장 from Official DAPA website in Korean
3. Defense Acquisition Program Act (Article 9)
4. 방위사업청 2013 브로셔(New Tomorrow DAPA)

External links

• "국가법령정보센터". Law.go.kr. Retrieved 2014-05-26.