South Korea’s DSME Officially Rebranded ‘Hanwha OCEAN’
The acquisition of DSME by Hanwha Group has been formally approved. The newly created company will be known as Hanwha OCEAN.
The acquisition of DSME by Hanwha Group has been formally approved. The newly created company will be known as Hanwha OCEAN.
South Korea’s DAPA has announced that the second KSS-III Batch I submarine, ROKS Ahn-moo (SS-084), was commissioned with the ROK Navy.
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 DAPA held a keel laying ceremony for the first KSS-III Batch II submarine at the DSME shipyard.
North Korea’s state-owned media KCNA (Korean Central News Agency) released photos of a new unmanned underwater vehicle (locally called suicide drone) ‘Haeil-1’.
South Korea’s DAPA that it will soon begin preliminary research works for naval UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to be operated on KDX Batch II (Yi Sun-Sin Class) destroyers.
North Korea released photos of a new suicide AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) named 해일 (Haeil: meaning Tsunami in English)…

South Korea’s DAPA (Defense Acquisition Program Administration) released in a statement yesterday that it held the 150th meeting of Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee on March 13, 2023.
North Korea has successfully launched two submarine launched cruise missiles (SLCM) from a Sinpo-class submarine, according to state media KCNA.
South Korea’s CVX program is about to face a major turnover after nearly two years of hiatus caused by multiple budget cuts and domestic political disputes over the program itself.