SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The state arms procurement agency has kicked off a project to renovate the Navy’s 4,400-ton warships with homegrown technology for enhanced efficiency in operating the fleet, officials said Wednesday. A meeting to discuss details of the upgrade for the Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyers took place at the office of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has started the construction of a land-based test site for a homegrown combat system to be fitted on a next-generation destroyer, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday. A groundbreaking ceremony for the test site took place at an Agency for Defense Development research center in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilding titan HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Wednesday it has recently completed the basic design for the country’s next-generation Aegis destroyer. It comes three years after HD Hyundai Heavy was chosen as the preferred bidder for the Korea Destroyer Next Generation (KDDX) project to build a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy will receive an upgraded destroyer Tuesday, after nearly a year of refurbishment aimed at strengthening anti-submarine and other capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said. The 3,200-ton KDX-I destroyer, Eulji Mundeok, was sent for the upgrade in January. It is now equipped with the latest towed array [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy received an upgraded destroyer on Friday, after more than a year of refurbishment aimed at bolstering anti-submarine and other capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said. The 3,200-ton Gwanggaeto the Great destroyer was handed over to the Navy, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration said, as South Korea [...]