HD Hyundai Heavy Industries showcased its naval ship technologies to foreign military attachés in Korea from countries including Australia, Peru, Thailand and the United States.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said that on Mar. 31, 30 military attachés from 25 countries visited its Ulsan headquarters to tour the shipyard and naval vessel construction sites and receive a briefing on advanced naval technologies.
The visit was arranged as part of the Defense Intelligence Command's domestic security and defense industry cooperation program. The attaché delegation directly inspected the "Daeho Kim Jong-seo," an 8,200-ton-class advanced Aegis destroyer under construction, a 3,000-ton-class Korea Coast Guard patrol ship, a 2,400-ton-class Philippine offshore patrol vessel, and a submarine undergoing depot maintenance. They showed strong interest in the company's systems integration capabilities spanning design, construction, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), and advanced technologies.
Joo Won-ho, president of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, said, "As international interest in K-defense grows, we are very pleased to directly showcase our technologies and capabilities to military attachés from various countries," adding, "HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is a corporations with top-tier competitiveness that can satisfy performance, expense and delivery schedules required by customers in the advanced naval defense market, and we will expand cooperation with countries around the world in the naval vessel sector."
Meanwhile, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries merged HD Hyundai Mipo in Dec. last year and launched the Naval and Medium Vessel Business Division, and it is strengthening its position as a global naval defense corporations by exporting a total of 20 naval vessels, including 12 frigates, corvettes and offshore patrol vessels to the Philippine Navy and four frigates, offshore patrol vessels and landing ships to the Peruvian Navy.