SEC: "Rising Demand for Defense Inspection Equipment Amid Global Security Uncertainty... Targeting 20 Billion Won in Orders in H1"

Amid rising tensions in the Middle East and growing global security uncertainty, investments related to the defense industry are increasing worldwide. As major countries simultaneously expand production of military supplies and strengthen quality verification systems, demand for high-energy non-destructive testing (NDT) equipment is also on the rise.

SEC, a company specializing in electron beam-based inspection equipment, announced on March 4 that it aims to secure new orders worth over 20 billion won in the defense sector in the first half of this year. This target is more than double the company’s 2024 defense sales of 9.2 billion won.

The company stated, "The global defense market is shifting its focus beyond simple procurement of weapons to ensuring quality reliability and enhancing production efficiency. Inspection equipment based on LINAC, which generates high-energy X-rays, plays a key role in precisely detecting internal defects during the defense product manufacturing process."

SEC has already established partnerships with major domestic defense companies and is expanding its achievements in overseas markets as well. The company’s strategy is to strengthen its global references through growing demand in neighboring Middle Eastern and European markets, with a particular focus on Türkiye, as well as expanding India’s defense manufacturing infrastructure.

According to industry sources, high-energy LINAC-based inspection equipment for defense applications is considered a field with high technical complexity and reliability requirements, resulting in only a few global suppliers. In Korea, SEC independently develops and manufactures such equipment, and is building its competitiveness based on its experience commercializing high-output inspection equipment.

An SEC representative said, "Currently, multiple domestic and international projects are in the stages of technical verification or negotiation, and we expect to achieve visible order results within the first half of the year. Moving forward, we plan to go beyond simple equipment supply by integrating AI-based automated inspection solutions to expand into higher value-added areas."

Industry observers believe that the defense industry is likely to enter a phase of structural growth. SEC intends to simultaneously strengthen cost competitiveness and technical reliability by internalizing core components and advancing its high-output non-destructive inspection systems.

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