HD Hyundai is accelerating its business cooperation with the U.S. Navy in the field of battleships.
The company announced that senior officials in charge of the U.S. Navy’s ship business visited the HD Hyundai Global Research Center (GRC) in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province to discuss cooperation in the fields of future battleships and eco-friendly and digital ships on Sept. 27.
The visitors were Rear Admiral Thomas J. Anderson and Rear Admiral William Greene, along with 13 other senior officials from the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Embassy in Korea.
Anderson previously visited HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan in February 2023 to see the latest warships under construction, including the Jeongjo Daewang and the Chungnam. He learned about HD Hyundai’s capabilities to build battleships.
Thomas Anderson is the U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Officer, Ships, and William Green is the Commander at the Navy Regional Maintenance Center, and is in charge of surface ship MRO.
Joo Won-ho, head of HD HHI’s Special Vessel Division, and Jang Kwang-pil, director of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Future Technology Research Institute, introduced the Digital Convergence Center and the Digital Control Center, and briefed the guests on HD Hyundai’s world-leading advanced technologies in the field of eco-friendly and digital ships.
Rear Admiral Thomas Anderson of the U.S. Navy and other senior officials visits the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center to discuss cooperation in the battleship sector in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, on Sept. 27.
HD Hyundai explained its ship technology development capabilities and key R&D areas, including AI-based ship solutions, hybrid electric propulsion ships and digital twin virtual commissioning and proposed MRO strategies for overseas battleships to the visitors.
“Based on the world’s No. 1 technology in shipbuilding, this will be an opportunity for HD HHI and the United States to expand cooperation in the shipbuilding and MRO businesses in the future,” Joo said.
“It was meaningful to visit the HD Hyundai GRC and see HD Hyundai’s R&D facilities first-hand,” said Rear Admiral Thomas Anderson of the U.S. Navy. “We had a productive conversation about many opportunities for the United States and Korea to work together in shipbuilding in the future.”
HD Hyundai has been promoting its shipbuilding cooperation with the United States. In July, U.S. Ambassador to Korea Philip S. Goldberg visited HD HHI in Ulsan to discuss cooperation in the shipbuilding business.
In particular, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited the Ulsan production site to see the shipbuilder’s latest warships in February.
Boosting Export Competitiveness of Korean Submarines
HD HHI has become the first Korean company to obtain approval in principle on safety standards for an exported submarine design, leading the way for the export of Korean submarines from Korean and foreign classification societies.
On Oct. 2, HD HHI received International Naval Submarine Rule AIP on its 2,300-ton submarine for export from DNV in Norway and International Naval Safety Association AIP on submarines’ safety from Korean Register.
Due to the nature of underwater operations, building a safe submarine is vital to submarine construction.
In January of this year, HD HHI signed a business agreement with DNV and KR, respectively, to become the first Korean company to introduce a submarine safety certification system that meets safety standards.
AIP is a process that verifies the reliability and performances of a design.
This certification proves that Hyundai HHI’s HDS-2300 Submarine meets international safety standards.
The Submarine HDS-2300 for export which received the AIP is a model of HD HHI’s own development.
It has a displacement of 2,300 tons, a length of 73 meters, a width of 8.5 meters, and a maximum speed of 20 knots (approximately 37 km/h).
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