Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Teams Up with Hanjin Heavy Industries to Bid for Korean-Style Light Aircraft Carrier
Signing of Mutual Cooperation Agreement for Design and Construction of Korean-Style Light Aircraft Carrier Project
[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is joining forces with Hanjin Heavy Industries to actively pursue the contract for the Korean-style light aircraft carrier (CVX) project.
On the 19th, DSME announced that it had signed a mutual cooperation agreement with Hanjin Heavy Industries for the design and construction of the Korean-style light aircraft carrier project.
To win the basic design project for the Korean-style light aircraft carrier, expected to take place next year, both companies agreed to concentrate their respective strengths and capabilities for mutual cooperation. The combination of their capabilities and resources is expected to create a synergy effect, benefiting both companies and revitalizing the economy of the Gyeongnam region.
DSME has already conducted feasibility studies on aircraft carrier construction with the Republic of Korea Navy in 2015-16, and since the Navy announced its policy to introduce a 30,000-ton class light aircraft carrier earlier this year, DSME has been independently working on conceptual design. Additionally, during the MADEX 2021 defense exhibition held in Busan last June, DSME signed a technical support research contract for the light aircraft carrier with the Italian shipyard Fincantieri, enhancing the completeness of its own design.
Hanjin Heavy Industries is known as the only domestic shipyard specializing in the design and construction of large amphibious assault ships, having successfully built and delivered the 14,500-ton class Dokdo and Marado ships to the Navy in 2007 and June of this year, respectively.
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Meanwhile, on the 13th, DSME successfully completed all tests and evaluations of the 3,000-ton Dosan Ahn Changho, the first ship of the independently designed Jangbogo-III first phase project, and delivered it to the Republic of Korea Navy. At the same time, DSME held the steel cutting ceremony for the first ship of the second phase project and began full-scale production, demonstrating its leading role in protecting Korea’s maritime interests and showcasing its status as the nation’s top defense shipyard.
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