Three frigate models illustrate builder capacity to meet SEA 3000 / Tier 2 requirements for Australian Navy. Ocean 4300 Frigate advertises FFX Batch II tailored to RAN interoperability needs.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) at IODS 2024 showed FFX Batch 3 / Chungnam-class frigate design and highlighted industrial competency for Australian SEA 3000.
South Korea’s DAPA has approved the launch of the FFX Batch-IV frigate program for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy.
Hyundai Heavy Industries delivered ROKS Chuncheon, the eighth and final Daegu-class frigate, to the ROK Navy on Oct. 24, 2023.
On July 27, 2023, South Korean shipbuilder SK Oceanplant held a steel-cutting ceremony for the ROK Navy's 2nd FFX Batch-III frigate
Hanwha Ocean will build the fifth and sixth ship of the FFX Batch-III program for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy.
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy today commissioned its seventh Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate. ROKS Cheonan (FFG-826) was built by HHI.
South Korea’s HHI (Hyundai Heavy Industries) launched ROKS Chungnam (FFG-828), the first of six Chungnam-class FFX Batch III frigate to the Republic of Korea Navy. This event took place at HHI’s Ulsan shipyard on April 10th, 2023.
South Korea's DSME delivered ROKS Pohang (FFG-825), the sixth Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate, to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy).
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that it held the keel laying ceremony for the first ship of the new Ulsan-class of frigates.
