WAVUS Holds ‘2026 R&D Day’ … Kicking Off a Virtuous Cycle of Research Commercialization

| "Listen. Ask. Create Together" Sharing National R&D Achievements and Applications Across the Company

| Covering the Full Spectrum of Geospatial R&D, from the Sky (UAM) to Cities and Underground Spaces

| Leading Technology Development in National Strategic Fields, Including as the Lead Organization for the Urban Safety AI Foundation Model Project

WAVUS held the “2026 WAVUS R&D Day” on the 24th at the Hunet Campus in Guro-gu, Seoul, sharing the achievements of nine national R&D projects. (Photo: WAVUS)

 WAVUS, a leading provider of integrated geospatial solutions (CEOs: Hak-sung Kim and Chang-hoon Park), is taking steps to commercialize technologies accumulated through national R&D projects, ranging from urban air mobility (UAM) traffic control to AI-based urban safety, and connect them to new business opportunities. WAVUS announced that it held the “2026 WAVUS R&D Day” on the 24th at the Hunet Campus in Guro-gu, Seoul, with all employees participating. 

 The event provided an opportunity to share the achievements and commercialization strategies of nine national R&D projects. As a research and development-focused company with a large proportion of its employees working in technical roles, WAVUS organized the event in response to the rapid increase in national R&D projects and business activities. The company determined that sharing information and technologies across projects is essential to strengthening its competitiveness. According to WAVUS, sharing technologies directly contributes to reducing project costs and creating new technological assets. The event was attended by all employees, including management and research project leaders. Employees who were unable to attend in person also participated in the Q&A session through a live online broadcast.

 The presentations were organized into three sessions. In Session 1, “Geospatial Information and Digital Twins,” the speakers presented technologies for building dynamic thematic maps that capture real-time changes in urban environments, spatial digital twin technologies for managing complex disasters, and 3D grid system technologies for advancing national land information. In Session 2, “AI-Based Urban Safety and Disaster Response,” the presentations covered the development and demonstration of an AI model for urban safety, an urban extreme rainfall response platform, and an AI-based integrated permit pre-diagnosis service. Session 3, “Specialized Industries and Future Technologies,” focused on an integrated model of underground faults and velocity structures, intelligent agricultural infrastructure management technologies for responding to climate change, and commercialization technologies for an intelligent UAM traffic control system. Following the presentations, an integrated discussion involving all project leaders was held to explore concrete ways to connect research outcomes with new business planning.

 WAVUS’s R&D portfolio is drawing attention for its broad coverage of key national strategic fields. In particular, WAVUS serves as the lead organization for the development of an urban safety AI foundation model designed to support the entire disaster management cycle, from detection and prediction to response and recovery. At the same time, the company is developing next-generation core geospatial technologies, including dynamic geospatial information technologies that collect and analyze real-time urban activity using CCTV and drones, as well as intelligent traffic control technologies based on 3D grid systems that transform data from urban airspace into actionable information. These research outcomes are being integrated into WAVUS’s proprietary solutions, including GeOnDT (3D Digital Twin), GeOnAI (Geospatial AI), and GeOnAirX (UAM Integrated Traffic Control), while technological linkages across projects are being leveraged to create greater synergies.

 These technologies are expected to bring tangible changes to citizens and public institutions. One example is an urban safety system that proactively responds to disasters by predicting them in advance. In the area of permitting and licensing, WAVUS is also developing a one-stop pre-diagnosis service that allows users to ask questions in natural language, such as “Can I build a factory on this land?”, or select a parcel on a map. The AI then reviews spatial regulations, relevant legal requirements, and similar cases to determine whether the project is eligible for approval and provide alternative options subject to specific conditions. WAVUS expects technologies that combine geospatial information and AI to become widely adopted as a standard for urban safety and administrative innovation.