Naver Cloud Unveils Lightweight Omnimodal Model Specialized for Defense

Launch of Lightweight Omnimodal Model 'HyperClovaX SEED 4B'
Expansion of AI Agents Across All Defense Sectors by 2030

Naver Cloud has unveiled its independently developed lightweight, defense-specialized, omnimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model. With this model, Naver Cloud aims to implement a full-stack defense AI strategy.

Naver Cloud announced on June 15 that it introduced its lightweight omnimodal model, 'HyperClovaX SEED 4B', at the '2026 Korea Military Science and Technology Society General Academic Conference' held from June 10 to 12.

From the 10th to the 12th of last month in Jeju, at the "2026 Korean Military Science and Technology Society Comprehensive Academic Conference," Naver Cloud introduced its proprietary 'HyperCLOVA X SEED 4B' model along with its Defense AX strategy. Naver Cloud

The HyperClovaX SEED 4B model is a lightweight omnimodal model optimized for defense environments. It is equipped with proprietary technology that enables simultaneous processing of various types of data, including a vision encoder (HyperClovaX CLIP) and an audio encoder, both developed by Naver Cloud. The model was also trained on Korea-specific data to enhance its understanding of the Korean context.

Naver Cloud explained that in modern military operations, analyzing diverse information such as drone footage, satellite images, and radio communications is increasingly important. As a result, omnimodal AI, capable of understanding not only text but also images, video, and audio simultaneously, is gaining attention as a core technology in the defense sector.

This omnimodal model has been optimized by pruning and knowledge distillation techniques from a previous large language model (LLM) with 8 billion parameters (8B), reducing the model size by half while improving the final model's performance compared to the previous 8B omnimodal model through process efficiency. As a result, it can be utilized in various scenarios, such as object detection based on drone and coastal surveillance footage, as well as change detection and analysis in satellite imagery.

Additionally, Naver Cloud emphasized that the defense sector requires both high autonomy and robust control, presenting a sovereign AI system that can be safely operated even within closed networks as a key vision. With a full-stack defense AI system—including infrastructure, machine learning operations (MLOps), LLM, and agents—that can be directly deployed and operated in closed networks, Naver Cloud asserts that data sovereignty and security can be secured.

Meanwhile, Naver Cloud plans to establish a foundation for defense AI transformation (AX) by the end of this year and to expand AI agents across all areas of defense by 2030. The company ultimately aims to gradually complete AX throughout the entire defense sector by advancing autonomous operational support systems.

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