2024.07.24. The Fair Economy — The Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced on Oct. 24 that it will appoint Shin Sang-beom, director of the Security and Disaster Safety Research Institute at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), as head of DTaQ, the agency overseeing quality management and reliability research for military supplies, effective Oct. 25.
Shin Sang-beom, the new head, was commissioned in 1985 as a 41st class graduate of the Korea Military Academy, served as the deputy chief of staff for logistics at the Combined Forces Command, deputy chief of staff for logistics at the Republic of Korea Army Headquarters, and retired as a major general, and is evaluated as possessing extensive knowledge and expertise in weapons acquisition, operation and maintenance, and quality management.
As head of KIST's Security and Disaster Safety Technology Division, he has also conducted research and activities aimed at introducing advanced science and technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), into the defense sector.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration said he is expected to be the right person to drive DTaQ's management innovation and its advancement into an advanced research institute for defense acquisition.
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