South Korea plans to bring in an intelligence analysis system for the advanced unmanned aircraft Global Hawk from the United States, a move that is expected to enhance the country's capabilities to detect threats from North Korea.

According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration(DAPA) in a report submitted to parliament on Tuesday, the system for "data tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination(TCPED)" will be brought in by next month.

Under a 2011 deal worth 965-point-nine billion won, South Korea bought four RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft(RPA).

Manufactured by U.S. defense firm Northrop Grumman, the Global Hawk is capable of performing reconnaissance missions for around 40 hours at a time at an altitude of roughly 20 kilometers and distinguish objects on the ground as small as 30 centimeters across.