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S.Korean Military to Order Locally-Made Mobile Command Vehicle in 2022

January 25, 2021 @ 01:56 PM

South Koreas Defense Acisition Program Administration (DAPA) has planned to sign a contract for the production of locally-made command post vehicles next year. The new wheel type vehicle has been developed by Hyundai Rotem Co since 2017
Rolls Royce Engine to Power Korean FFX Batch III Frigates

December 4, 2020 @ 09:25 AM

The Rolls-Royce MT30 marine gas turbine has been selected for the Republic of Korea Navys (RoKN) new 3,500-ton FFX Batch III frigates, known as the Ulsan-class frigate which will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. Rolls-Royce has already worked with the RoKN to introduce a hybrid propulsion system arrangement for all eight ships in the Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate programme – each powered by a single
Differences with Germany Force Turkey to Seek South Korean Engine, Transmission for...

November 20, 2020 @ 12:15 PM

Turkey has sought engine and transmission from two South Korean companies for its Altay Main Battle Tank (MBT) after its plans to import these systems from Germany suffered a setback due to political differences with Berlin. In addition, armor for the tank which were supposed to be procured from a French firm too would be denied to it following the recent clash with France over its hydrocarbons exploration in the Mediterranean Sea
South Korea Launches Navy’s 2nd KSS III Submarine

November 10, 2020 @ 09:17 AM

South Koreas Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)
Daewoo Unhappy as Hyundai Inches Closer to Winning Korea’s Destroyer Project Despite...

November 2, 2020 @ 06:02 AM

South Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) could award the project to build indigenous Aegis-equipped warships to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), even after allegations of classified information leak by some Navy officials to HHI. Three Navy officers are suspected to have allowed Hyundai officials in 2014 to
S.Korean Navy Officers under Probe for Leaking Warship Info to Hyundai

September 22, 2020 @ 10:14 AM

Three South Korean Navy officers are being investigated over a suspected leak of classified warship information to Hyundai Heavy Industries. The officials secretly filmed documents related to a project to build an indigenous Aegis-equipped destroyer in 2014
HENSOLDT Supplies Kelvin Hughes Radar to Philippine Navy Frigate

August 7, 2020 @ 10:29 AM

HENSOLDT UK has supplied a radar suite consisting of Kelvin Hughes Mk11 S and X Band radar systems to the Philippine Navy's BRP Jose Rizal frigate. The SharpEye Mk11 radars are approved by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and take advantage of the Kelvin Hughes advanced solid state SharpEye Doppler technology to provide situational awareness
New Zealand to Receive Warship Built by Hyundai Heavy

June 10, 2020 @ 09:26 AM

A 26,000 ton Polar-class warship built for the New Zealand Navy by Hyundai Heavy has left South Korea for delivery to the customer. The ship, named Aotearoa, left Ulsan, 414km southeast of capital Seoul, late Tuesday
South Korea Invites Local Firms to Design Aegis-equipped Destroyer

June 1, 2020 @ 09:34 AM

The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) on Friday issued a bid notice inviting locally-based firm to design an indigenous Aegis-equipped destroyer. Seoul floated Korea Destroyer Next Generation (KDDX) project to build 6,000ton destroyers in 2018
Philippine Navy to get first S.Korean Jose-Rizal Frigate next week

May 19, 2020 @ 07:04 AM

The Philippine Navy will take the delivery of first of the two ordered Jose Rizal-class frigates built by South Koreas Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). Vice Admiral Giovanni Bacordo announced on May 15 that the boat will set sail from Ulsan shipyard in South Korea on May 18 and will arrive in Subic Bay in the Philippines by May 23

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