HD Hyundai Heavy, UK Babcock Collaborate on Export-Type Submarine Development

Discussion on Business Development Direction and Mission System Mutual Cooperation

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will jointly promote the development of submarines for export with Babcock, a global defense company based in the United Kingdom.

On the 21st, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced that Joo Won-ho, Head of the Special Ship Business at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Neil Myzel, Chief Commercial Officer of Babcock Mission Systems, and other officials from both companies recently met at the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province to discuss the "progressive direction of the export-type submarine business" and "mutual cooperation in the mission systems field."

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on the 21st that Joo Won-ho, Head of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Special Ship Business (fifth from the left), recently discussed cooperation plans for the export-type submarine business with Neil Myzel, Chief Business Officer of Babcock Mission Systems (fourth from the right), at the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. (Photo by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries)

The export-type submarine under 3,000 tons, which HD Hyundai Heavy Industries began developing last year, is expected to be equipped with Babcock's Weapon Handling and Launch System (WHLS). HD Hyundai Heavy Industries plans to secure a technological advantage in the future global submarine market with an advanced submarine platform.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries was the first in the world to successfully build a Type 214 (1,800-ton class) submarine equipped with an Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) system through technology transfer and possesses various submarine development and construction technologies, including basic design and construction of 3,000-ton class submarines.

Joo Won-ho, Head of the Special Ship Business, said, "It is significant that two companies with the world's best technology in shipbuilding and defense have decided to cooperate more closely. Based on our past achievements in warship exports and submarine development and construction technology, we will establish differentiated competitiveness in submarine exports."

Neil Myzel, Chief Commercial Officer, stated, "We will build a long-term cooperative relationship between the two companies and combine our extensive experience in the submarine export business. We are pleased to have discussed opportunities to utilize complementary capabilities in the global market and ways to establish a long-lasting relationship."

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