CRM100 / Underwater Walking Robot Complete Prototype Manufacturing: South Korea procurement notice

Development and reported outcome

On July 21, 2026, KRISO published procurement plan R26DD20825247 for manufacture of the complete CRM100 underwater walking-robot prototype. The underlying defence-funded program concerns an autonomous underwater walking and swimming robot for buried-mine search, with associated autonomous perception, movement, and mission-control technologies. The KRW 4.074935 billion figure is a procurement-plan amount and does not establish an issued tender, selected supplier, signed manufacturing contract, or completed prototype.[S1]

Program, platform and stakeholders

Programme or contract: CRM100 / Underwater Walking Robot Complete Prototype Manufacturing. Platform or product: CRM100 Mine-Search Autonomous Underwater Walking Robot. Platform classification: Autonomous Operated Vehicle. Recorded supplier, developer or relevant organization: Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) / DAPA-linked program (reported headquarters/country: South Korea). Recorded customer, operator or intended user: KRISO / DAPA-linked defense technology program (reported headquarters/country: South Korea).[S1]

Mission and technical scope

The following are classifications recorded in the source master, not additional claims of operational deployment: Mission/use-case classification: Mine Countermeasures; Mine Detection / Classification.

Contract, value and shipment signals

Original reported amount or scope: KRW 4,074,935,280 procurement-plan amount. Original-currency label: KRW. USD figure or conversion stated in the master: Approx. USD 2,753,763. No additional FX conversion has been generated for this brief. Recorded quantity, delivery, demonstration or volume signal: Complete-prototype manufacturing requirement; exact vehicle count not independently resolved. Delivery schedule, procurement window or milestone status: Planned for procurement in July 2026; subsequent manufacturing award not independently located.[S1]

Source verification and interpretation limits

UXV Searcher master source-coverage note: The July 21 record is explicitly a procurement plan before formal tender issuance. Supplier, final quantity, contract value, and manufacturing award remain unconfirmed.

Interpretation boundary: The tender, notice or request stage does not by itself prove a signed contract, selected supplier, or physical delivery.[S1]

UXV Searcher analysis — what the development changes

UXV Searcher interpretation — procurement requirement / tender: The South Korea UUV record for CRM100 / Underwater Walking Robot Complete Prototype Manufacturing is best treated as a procurement pipeline signal. A published requirement can indicate addressable demand, but it is not an award, supplier revenue, shipment, or fleet increase.

Traceability for buyers: The dataset associates Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) / DAPA-linked program with KRISO / DAPA-linked defense technology program for CRM100 Mine-Search Autonomous Underwater Walking Robot. This supports stakeholder mapping; supply-chain tier, exclusivity and signed-customer relationships need the underlying source before firm classification.

Client-use interpretation: For intelligence users tracking Mine Countermeasures; Mine Detection / Classification, the relevant next proof points are mine-countermeasures requirements, autonomy integration and acceptance milestones. Track the award notice, signed value and accepted delivery quantities before upgrading this demand signal.[S1]

Quantitative evidence, calculations and limits

Financial signal (master transcription): KRW 4,074,935,280 procurement-plan amount. Classification: Financial context as recorded in the master; scope and contract status must follow the underlying source. Quantity/scope signal: Complete-prototype manufacturing requirement; exact vehicle count not independently resolved. Counting rule: Scope or component count; not a count of procured or delivered unmanned platforms. Delivery/timing evidence: Planned for procurement in July 2026; subsequent manufacturing award not independently located. Scheduling language is not independently proof of completion or acceptance.

Quantified requirements are potential procurement scope, not realised hardware orders or sales.[S1]