South Korean medical AI company Lunit will supply its artificial intelligence imaging software to Saudi Arabia's Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, the company announced on Monday, 9 November 2026. The deal brings AI-assisted chest X-ray and mammography analysis to a major government healthcare system in the Kingdom.

Under the agreement, Lunit will provide licences for Lunit INSIGHT CXR, its AI-powered chest X-ray analysis solution, and Lunit INSIGHT MMG, its AI-powered mammography analysis solution. The deployment will be carried out through Solutions by stc, the information and communications technology subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's stc Group, which will act as systems integrator for the project.

Working inside existing hospital systems

Both tools will be integrated into the health system's existing Picture Archiving and Communication System, known as PACS, so clinicians can view AI-generated analysis results within the imaging workflows they already use, rather than switching to a separate system.

Lunit did not disclose the contract value, the number of licences or a deployment timetable. The Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, known as MNGHA, was established in 1982 and operates hospitals and other healthcare facilities under Saudi Arabia's Ministry of National Guard, providing care to National Guard personnel, their families and the general public.

Building on earlier Saudi work

The agreement extends Lunit's presence in Saudi Arabia. In 2023 the company agreed to supply the same two products, INSIGHT CXR and INSIGHT MMG, to Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, one of the country's largest private healthcare providers.

Lunit, listed on the Korea Exchange as KRX: 328130, describes itself as a provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and precision oncology. Its chest X-ray tool is designed to support radiologists interpreting chest images, while the mammography tool assists in the interpretation of breast screening images. The health system operates hospitals in Riyadh, Jeddah and other Saudi cities, giving the deployment a national footprint across the Kingdom's major population centres.

Solutions by stc, the project integrator, is the information and communications technology arm of stc Group, Saudi Arabia's largest telecommunications company. Lunit said it plans to strengthen its push into the Middle East market, including Saudi Arabia, in line with the digital transformation of healthcare that the Saudi government is promoting as a core part of its Vision 2030 agenda.

The deal is the latest example of Saudi health providers adopting AI imaging tools as part of the Kingdom's wider digital health programme. Lunit has previously taken part in initiatives linked to the SEHA Virtual Hospital and the Healthcare Sandbox programme, which form part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 digital healthcare transformation efforts.