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NEO Battery & Korea Institute for Defense Industry Form Joint Task Force to Advance Battery Integration in Commercial Drones
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nNEO Battery & Korea Institute for Defense Industry Form Joint Task Force to Advance Battery Integration in Commercial Drones\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\nNEO Battery & Korea Institute for Defense Industry Form Joint Task Force to Advance Battery Integration in Commercial Drones\nCanada NewsWire\n\n\nPartnering with Korea Institute for Defense Industry – a Ministry of National Defense-Approved Organization Dedicated to Advancing South Korea's Defense SectorAccelerate NEO's Direct Engagement with Korea's Defense & Military EcosystemAdvance Battery Technology Deployment in Commercial Drone/UAS via Joint Task Force (JTF)Strong Inroads Forged with Korean Military, Government & Defense Stakeholders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, Dec. 23, 2025 NEO Battery Materials Ltd. (\"NEO\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV: NBM) (OTC: NBMFF), a low-cost, silicon-enhanced battery developer that enables longer-running, rapid-charging batteries for drones, robotics, and electronics, is pleased to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Korea Institute for Defense Industry (\"KOIDI\"), a Ministry of National Defense-approved organization dedicated to advancing South Korea's defense sector and capabilities.\nThe MOU establishes formal partnership to accelerate NEO's engagement with South Korea's defense industry ecosystem, including entities in industry, military, academia, research institutions, and the government. This collaboration is another milestone toward NEO's silicon-enhanced batteries being used in defense and unmanned system (UAS) technologies for the Korean military and industry.\nTo launch cooperation, NEO and KOIDI will create a Joint Task Force (JTF) focused on defense drone and UAS applications. The JTF will coordinate activities for  military and government intelligence collection, including technical evaluation of NEO's battery technologies to advance deployment in live, commercial drones and UAS.\n\"Our partnership with KOIDI will lead to an expedited entry point into South Korea's defense industry stakeho...