MANILA -- Department of Science and
Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said on Friday they are
looking to commercialize the Building a Universal Mount for Heavy Barrel
Automated Weapon Integration (BUHAWI).
"(BUHAWI's) research and
development (R&D) and prototype development were already finished. Training
will be done until October. When it gets commercialized, initial adopters will
be the DND (Department of National Defense)," de la Peña told the
Philippine News Agency.
BUHAWI is a collaboration project
among the DOST, the Philippine Navy, and the Robotics Society of the
Philippines.
De la Peña said the automated gun
mount can later be exported since it is less expensive than the imported ones.
Imported technologies cost around
PHP24 million, while BUHAWI's development only cost PHP14 million, de la Peña
said.
Mass producing it would further
reduce the cost to PHP12 million.
In the pilot commercialization, the
DOST chief said the agency aims to establish manufacturing standard processes
for BUHAWI to gear up for its licensing to adopters, and for its mass
production.
"Another advantage of utilizing
the (Filipino-made) BUHAWI is the opportunity to hone the expertise of both
manufacturers and end-users. As a nation that owns the technology, we can drive
technology transfer initiatives to best benefit Filipinos," de la Peña
said.
He acknowledged that other countries
are more experienced in designing remote-controlled weapon stations, and the
Philippines has been dependent on the defense technologies developed abroad.
"Pursuing a self-reliant defense
posture means that we need to build the capability to produce our own. BUHAWI
is a proof that we have that capability. From a wider perspective, BUHAWI is a
proof that partnership is crucial to sustaining our remarkable journey toward
being self-reliant in the area of local defense," de la Peña said.
He noted that BUHAWI’s operation
sequence – surveillance, target detection, identification, and recognition,
with tracking and engagement – is a result of rigid R&D.
"Its high hit probability, along
with the integration of a technology camera system, and optimization of
industry 4.0 technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and
additive manufacturing, are results of the collaboration of individuals from
different fields of expertise," he said.
BUHAWI, de la Peña said, is a
testament to the DOST's support to the DND's Self-Reliant Defense Posture
(SRDP) program.
Quoted fully from Philippine News
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