News Report: ‘Strategic Dagger’ - South Korean Navy Introduces New Attack Submarine

On Thursday, the South Korean Navy launched its ninth KSS-2-class diesel-electric attack submarine made by shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) released a statement noting that the new sub, dubbed Sin Dol-Seok, debuted Thursday at a ceremony at the HHI shipyard in Ulsan. The 65-meter-long boat, which features air-independent propulsion systems, will be the last of its class. The ROKN currently operates five of the class’ (of) nine boats.

Sin Dol-Seok is named for a famous 18th century Korean military leader, and is equipped with a domestic 1,000-kilometer-range cruise missile.

Jane’s reports that the 1,800-ton submarine is HHI’s sixth KSS-2 class vessel, with the three other submarines of the class having been manufactured by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) instead.

News Story: (South Korea) Navy to receive new landing ship this week

Lead ship of the Cheonwangbong class LST

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- A next-generation landing ship capable of transporting more troops and military hardware than existing vessels will be delivered to the Navy this week, the state arms procurement agency said Monday.

The Cheonjabong, which will be delivered Tuesday, is the Navy's second LST-II ship acquired under the next generation landing ship project that calls for building a total of four such ships by 2018. The first ship, the Cheonwangbong, was delivered to the Navy in November 2014.

The 4,500-ton Cheonjabong can transport more troops and hardware further away at a faster speed than the existing Gobongjun-class (LST-I) ship. It can travel at a maximum speed of 23 knots per hour with a total of 130 crew members, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration.

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PacificSentinel: For those that don't know LST stands for "Landing Ship - Tank", thought from the look of the design it would better fit the LPD (Landing Platform - Dock) designation.

News Story: S. Korea to cut steel for new 3,000-ton submarine

By Lee Chi-dong

SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will start the construction of a new 3,000-ton submarine for the Navy, the state arms procurement agency said Friday.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said a steel-cutting ceremony for the third submarine in the Jangbogo-III project will be held at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, some 414 kilometers southeast of Seoul, later in the day

Under the 10 trillion-won (US$8.7 billion) Jangbogo-III project, South Korea plans to build nine 3,000-ton submarines in three batches with its own technology.

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News Story: New minelayer delivered to S. Korean Navy

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Navy received a new minelayer from a local shipbuilder Friday, as it's trying to beef up its mine warfare capabilities against North Korea.

Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the 3,000-ton vessel, named Nampo, was delivered to the Navy in a ceremony held in the firm's shipyard in the southeastern city of Ulsan, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).

It will be commissioned in early 2018 after seven months of test operations, DAPA added.

It can accommodate 120 crew members and sail at a top speed of 23 knots, equipped with a deck for a chopper, advanced weapons, radars, and the Sound Navigation and Ranging (Sonar) system.

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News Story: 3 locally made gunboats join Navy fleet

By Jaime Laude

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Navy yesterday commissioned three missile-capable multi-purpose attack craft (MPACs), the first-ever gunboats with high littoral combat capabilities to join the Philippine Fleet.

After the commissioning rites of the locally produced MPACs at Sangley Point Naval Base in Cavite City, the three gunboats were immediately dispatched to Davao City.

Navy spokesman Capt. Lued Lincuna said the three brand new MPACs were sent to Davao for the Navy’s 119th founding anniversary naval parade on May 31 at the Sasa Wharf.

The Subic Bay-based Propmech Corp., the shipbuilder that built the Navy’s logistic and supply ship BRP Tagbanua, constructed the MPACs for P270 million. The fund was sourced from the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Act Trust Fund.

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Industry: Servowatch selected by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the World’s largest shipyard, to supply its IPMS capability for the RNZN MSC project.

Servowatch, a leading supplier of advanced integrated ship control systems, is very proud to announce they have been selected by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea to supply their Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS). This down select will see Servowatch’s IPMS installed into the Royal New Zealand Navy’s Maritime Sustainment Capability (MSC) project which HHI are building at their Ulsan shipyard; the largest shipyard in the world.

The MSC tanker, able to refuel two ships at a time while underway, will replace the 30-year-old tanker HMNZS ENDEAVOUR. With a displacement of 24,000 tonnes and length of over 160m the new MSC tanker will become the largest Naval vessel in the RNZN fleet.

Servowatch Systems’ scope of supply comprises an IPMS control and monitoring package for the vessels’ propulsion plant, electric power plant, auxiliary/ancillary system. Expertise battle damage control system and onboard training system are also to be included in scope of IPMS.

News Story: India, South Korea sign agreement to build warships

By: Vivek Raghuvanshi

NEW DELHI — India and South Korea inked a memorandum of understanding on Friday in India to cooperate in shipbuilding for military use. 

The memorandum was signed by both India's secretary of defence production, Ashok Kumar Gupta, and South Korean Minister of Defense Acquisition Program Administration Chang Myoung-jin in India "for Defence Industry Co-operation in Shipbuilding," according to an Indian Ministry of Defence news release.

India has chosen state-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited, or HSL, to cooperate with a shipyard nominated by South Korea. 

"The Inter-Governmental MoU, was conceived under the overall umbrella of the 'Special Strategic Partnership' between both sides as declared in the Joint Statement of the Prime Minister of India and the President of [South Korea] in May 2015," the MoD release said. 

An MoD official explained that the cooperation is part of the Make in India policy, under which warships will be built at domestic shipyards with South Korea's help.

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News Story: Daewoo to establish shipbuilding company in Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. is to establish a shipbuilding company in a joint venture with Iranian state-run companies, Tehran Times daily reported on Tuesday.

Daewoo will found the company with three Iranian companies of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO), the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL), IDRO managing director Mansour Mo'azzami was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

The joint company will be established by the end of January, the report said but did not specify its location.

The South Korean shipbuilder signed the agreement to help develop Iran's shipbuilding industry in late December.

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News Story: South Korea Orders Two Daegu-class FFX-II Frigates Ahead of Schedule to Support Shipbuilder

South Korea's defense procurement agency Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) placed an order with Hyundai Heavy & Industries (HHI) on Tuesday to build two Daegu-class FFX-II frigates ahead of schedule to support the ailing local shipbuilding industry.

The two FFX-II vessels will be the third and fourth in the series. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) launched the lead ship of the new Daegu-class FFX-II (also known as FFX batch II) frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) on June 2, 2016. Key updates of the Batch II over the ASW-focused Batch I include VLS and full electric propulsion system, as well as a larger hangar that can accomodate a 10-ton helicopter.

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News Story: Iran to buy 10 container ships from South Korea

TEHRAN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) signed a deal with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to buy 10 container ships from the Korean shipbuilding company, Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.

The deal was inked between representatives of the IRISL and the HHI here on Friday.

The contract is valued at 650 million U.S. dollars and will be financed by South Korean banks. The ships will be delivered to Iran in 2018, the report said.

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News Story: Latest update on two missile warships of Philippine Navy

The letter of credit (LOC) for the country’s first two missile-firing frigates, whose contract was won by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), is now being finalized, Philippine Navy (PN) flag-officer-in-command, Vice Adm. Roland Joseph Mercado has said.

“As far as I know, they are now finalizing the terms in the LOC, for the frigate project. That’s the only update I could give for now,” he said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

An LOC is a letter from a bank guaranteeing that a buyer’s payment to a seller will be received on time and for the correct amount. In case the buyer is unable to make payment for the purchase, the bank will be required to cover the full or remaining amount of the purchase.

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News Story: Philippines positions new frigates as primary ASW platforms

Ridzwan Rahmat

Key Points

• Hyundai Heavy Industries has unveiled further details of the two frigates that it will construct for the Philippines
• The frigates are set to become the Philippine Navy's most capable ASW platforms

Amid a proliferation of submarines in the Asia-Pacific region, the Philippines appears to have positioned the two frigates on order from South Korea as the country's primary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms, new details released about the ships suggest

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) unveiled the details in a press release on the occasion of the programme's contract signing on 24 October.

The platforms, which have been described by HHI as inheriting the main design features of the Republic of Korea Navy's (RoKN's) Incheon-class guided-missile frigates, will have an overall length of 107 m and a standard displacement of about 2,600 tonnes.

A computer-generated image released by the company indicates that the platforms will feature two triple torpedo tubes, each located on the port and starboard sides. Also pictured on the flight deck, which can take aircraft of up to 12 tonnes, is what appears to be an AW159 helicopter.

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News Story: Defense Sec. Lorenzana signs P15.7 billion contract with South Korean firm

Department of National Defense (DND) undersecretary – for Finance, Munitions, Installations and Materiel – Raymundo Elefante, said a contract worth P15.7 billion with South Korean company was signed on Monday by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.

Since Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of the Republic of South Korea has been declared a winning shipbuilder by Philippine Nay (PN), it was disclosed in contract that it will build two brand new frigates amounting P15.7 billion.

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News Story: Impressive features of PH Navys 2 brand new Frigates

The Philippine Navy’s two future frigates from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has astounding design and some of its expected subsystems, MaxDefense discussed.

The ship will be armed with a 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapid main gun, two twin launchers for SSM-700K C-Star anti-ship cruise missiles, two twin Simbad-RC launchers for Mistral short range surface-to-air missiles, two triple trainable torpedo tubes firing Blue Shark lightweight anti-submarine torpedoes, a single MSI Defense Seahawk RCWS with a 30mm gun, at least 4 manually operated M2HB 50-caliber machine guns.

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Industry: Hyundai Heavy Industries Wins an Order to Build Two 2,600 ton Frigates for the Philippine Navy

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, announced today that it signed a contract to build two 2,600 ton frigates with the Department of National Defense, Republic of the Philippines.

The signing ceremony held in Manila, Philippines, was attended by Mr. Chung Ki-sun, executive vice president of Corporate Planning Office of HHI, Mr. Delfin Lorenzana, Philippines’ Defense Secretary and Mr. Kim Jai- shin, Korean Ambassador to Philippines and other guests.

The frigates will be designed to be a smaller light combatant and successor to the Incheon class frigate which is now in active service for ROKN tailored to the requirement of the Philippine Navy with applying optimized range of good marine standard under naval rule from Lloyd Register, classification society.

Industry: Rolls-Royce secures milestone contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for first naval Environship

Rolls-Royce has secured a milestone contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to provide a concept design based on the Rolls-Royce Environship Leadge Bow. This marks the first reference for the award-winning wave-piercing hull form in the naval sector. Rolls-Royce will also equip this new 23,000t Polar-class logistics support vessel, which will replace the New Zealand Defence Force’s 30-year-old tanker HMNZS Endeavour.

The prime contractor HHI will undertake detailed design and build the vessel as part of the NZDF’s Maritime Sustainment Capability (MSC) project, using the Rolls-Royce Environship concept design under licence.

News Story: (Philippines) DND, South Korea firm to sign P16-B ship agreement

Incheon class Frigate (Image: Wiki Commons)

By Alexis Romero

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of National Defense (DND) and a South Korean firm are set to sign a multibillion-peso deal for the purchase of two ships for the Navy, the first military contract to be inked under the Duterte administration.

The agency issued a notice of award to Hyundai Heavy Industries Inc. last Aug. 18 and a contract could be signed this month for the two new frigates, DND public affairs chief Arsenio Andolong told The STAR yesterday.

The notice of award is a document that declares a supplier as the winning bidder. It was formally accepted by Hyundai Heavy Industries last Wednesday.

“We were informed though that anytime this week, officials from Hyundai will be arriving in Manila to receive and review the Notice of Award,” Andolong said.  

“Ten days after the formal receipt … the notice to proceed and contract for the project will be signed,” he added.

The P16-billion ships acquisition project is one of the biggest items in the military’s modernization program. It aims to enhance the Philippines’ territorial defense and disaster response capabilities.

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News Report: Hyundai Selected to Supply Philippine Navy With Two Warships

HDF-3000 "Incheon" class Frigate of the South Korean Navy
(Image Wiki Commons)

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has won a $337 million contract to build two modern warships for the Philippine Navy.

The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) initiated the acquisition of the two warships nearly three years ago to prompt the upgrade of the country's territorial defense capabilities. Having studied the documents presented by the companies eying the project, the country's Navy selected HHI's HDF-3000 multipurpose frigate design.

The company was awarded a notice, signed by Philippines' Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana, on Thursday. The actual contract is expected to be signed on September 12. 

News Story: New Zealand government approves bids for new navy support ship

WELLINGTON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand military is to open tenders next month on the construction of a new navy support ship, Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee said Wednesday.

The littoral operations support vessel would provide a platform for hydrography, deep diving and mine countermeasures activities.

"The ship will offer new capabilities that will support NZDF (New Zealand Defence Force) sea-to-shore operations in low to medium threat environments," Brownlee said in a statement.

"It will be used, for example, to identify safe approaches and landing zones when harbour channels or ports are unavailable after natural disasters," he said.

"It will have particular utility in the Pacific, assisting with humanitarian and disaster relief operations."

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Industry: Hyundai Heavy Industries Wins Logistics Support Vessel Order for New Zealand's Maritime Sustainment Capability Project

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, announced today it won an order to build a 23,000 ton class logistics support vessel for New Zealand Defence Force’s Maritime Sustainment Capability (MSC) project. HHI was selected as a preferred bidder in December 2015. HHI will deliver the logistics support vessel to New Zealand by the end of 2019.

Under the MSC project, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) plans to replace its replenishment tanker HMNZS Endeavour to maintain replenishment capability for the New Zealand Defence Force. HMNZS Endeavor, which has served RNZN for the past 30 years and is still in good condition, was also delivered by HHI in 1987.