Navy to Dispatch Warship to Malaysia Next Month for Defense Export Promotion

Navy Discusses Plans to Expand Maritime Defense Industry Exports

On the 27th, the Navy held the '1st Civil-Government-Military Maritime Defense Industry Export Cooperation Meeting' at the Navy Hotel in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, chaired by Chief of Naval Operations Lee Jong-ho, to discuss ways to expand exports of maritime defense industry products.

The meeting was organized to strengthen cooperation among the civil sector, government, and military for the export of maritime defense products and to hear the opinions of maritime defense industry companies. At the meeting, the Navy announced plans to promote defense export materials by pursuing core export strategies for key countries, maintaining exchanges with those countries, and leveraging foreign visits of our naval vessels. First, the Navy plans to dispatch the 4,900-ton landing ship Nojeokbong, commissioned in 2018, to the international maritime and aerospace exhibition 'LIMA' held in Malaysia next month to showcase the excellence of our defense technology.

Additionally, the Navy will support defense exports through mutual visits of senior naval officials and regular consultative bodies, and utilize multinational joint exercises and cruise training as platforms to promote defense materials. Furthermore, the Ministry of National Defense, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), Korea Defense Industry Trade Support Center (KODITS), and the One-Stop Export Support Group sequentially presented focused support strategies for defense exports and explained the defense export support system.

Chief of Naval Operations Lee Jong-ho emphasized, "The maritime defense sector is a powerful and superior industry that South Korea possesses, and if civil-government-military cooperation and promotion strategies are well established, we will definitely achieve results. Having set sail with a great sail today, the Navy will actively support and lead so that South Korea can smoothly navigate as a maritime defense powerhouse."

About 40 civil, government, and military officials from the Navy, Ministry of National Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, DAPA, government agencies, and maritime defense industry companies attended this cooperation meeting.

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