Anduril, Hyundai Heavy Industries set sights on US Navy’s unmanned surface vessel program
Anduril said the first prototype is under construction in South Korea, but future vessels will be made in the US.
Anduril said the first prototype is under construction in South Korea, but future vessels will be made in the US.
“The interesting part of this is it’s not just a kind of fleeting presidential idea, but this is, in fact, something that does kind of resonate with what the Navy's finding it probably needs to do with the fleet through its own work,” one analyst said.
In this op-ed, Eyck Freymann and Harry Halem lay out three areas where action is needed to avoid a logistical catastrophe in deterring China.
The prospect of South Korea building its submarines in the United States would raise a litany of questions for the American maritime industrial base.
“This marks the beginning of deeper collaboration between not only our companies, but each of our countries, that will support enduring changes to military and commercial shipbuilding in America,” HII executive Eric Chewning said in the announcement.
"This is a pivotal time for the Navy and U.S. shipbuilding writ large. Tom brings a wealth of experience and unique perspectives that will accelerate the delivery of novel solutions to our customers' most elusive industrial base challenges,” said Hanwha Defense USA President and CEO Mike Smith.
Explore how networked warfare, AI, and 3D-printed drones are reshaping US Indo-Pacific strategy.
L3Harris proposed its Phoenix aircraft, which is a Bombardier Defense Global 6500 business jet modified with an advanced radar system, for the US ally, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration said Tuesday.
The American firm is setting up a new office in Taipei, as it delivers loitering munitions to the island.
Almost all of that money is tied up in $6.5 billion agreement with South Korea's Hyundai Rotem Company (HRC) for a second deal on tanks and support vehicles.
Rep. Yoo Yong-won of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) said that funding for the program to acquire of 36 Apaches has been cut from 10 billion won ($7.29 million) to just 300 million won, according to local media.
“We will do our best to strengthen defense industry cooperation with Indonesia in various areas such as submarines, firepower, and air defense systems, and expand cooperation to the entire Southeast Asia region in the future,” DAPA Minister Seok Jong-gun said in an announcement.
To be prepared against North Korea's nuclear capabilities, South Korea should be prepared to execute preemptive, conventional strikes, argues Ju Hyung Kim of the Security Management Institute.
“In 2024, we signed a second agreement for 72 Homar-K [Chunmoo] systems […]. This is the first stage of transferring the production technology of Chunmoo launchers to Poland,” Secretary of State at Poland’s Ministry of National Defense Paweł Bejda said at the ceremony.
The Trump administration would “truly prioritize and shift to this region of the world in a way that is unprecedented. Today, it’s the Philippines. Tomorrow, it’s Japan. It will be Australia and South Korea and other nations in this part of the world,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.