Pablo Airlines hires two employees, including former Hanwha Aerospace Vice President Ryu Young-kwan.

Pablo Aviation announced on the 5th that it has appointed Ryu Young-kwan, a former Air Force Major General, as Vice President of External Cooperation and Jeon Jae-pil, a former Army Brigadier General, as Vice President of DF Sales, starting in February, in order to expand its defense business and strengthen its sales capabilities.

Vice President Ryu Young-kwan, a graduate of the 35th class of the Air Force Academy, was commissioned in 1987. He served as the Director of the Operations Planning Office of the Operations Command, Deputy Director of Policy at the Planning and Management Staff Office of the Air Force Headquarters, and Director of the Intelligence Staff Office of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command. He retired as a Major General in 2020. After his retirement, he served as the President of Hanwha Defense Systems and as an Executive Vice President (Corporation) at Hanwha Aerospace, accumulating global defense industry experience.

Vice President Jeon Jae-pil graduated from the 42nd class of the Korea Military Academy and was commissioned in 1986. He served as the Director of the Equipment Management Division of the Ministry of National Defense's Logistics Management Office, Director of the Civilian-Military Technology Cooperation Event Group, Director of the Logistics Office of the 1st Army Command, and Chief of Staff of the Logistics Staff of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command. He retired as a Brigadier General in 2019. Since then, he has expanded his defense-related expertise by serving as a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Defense Management at the National Defense University, CEO of Gongwoo E&C Co., Ltd., a military mutual aid association, and completing the KAIST Defense Industry Export Specialist Program.

Kim Young-jun, Chairman and Founder of Pablo Aviation, said, “We have recruited talented individuals with expertise to respond to the growing domestic and international demand for swarm AI technology,” and “Based on securing a mass production system for drones and verifying swarm technology, we will strengthen our business execution capabilities and market responsiveness in the full-scale growth phase.”


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