SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy said Thursday it selected the 2,500-ton ROKS Gwangju frigate as this year’s “top gun” ship following an annual assessment of its warships’ combat capabilities. The frigate of the Third Fleet based in Yeongam County, 308 kilometers south of Seoul, won the title after scoring top marks in [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday held a ceremony launching a new 3,600-ton frigate with reinforced anti-submarine and anti-air capabilities, the Navy and the state arms procurement agency said. The ceremony for ROKS Chungnam, named after a central province, took place at the shipyard of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy has received a new frigate with enhanced anti-submarine capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, amid the country’s stepped-up efforts to strengthen readiness against growing North Korean threats. The delivery event for the new 2,800-ton frigate, Pohang, took place at the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy held a launching ceremony Wednesday for a new 2,800-ton frigate with improved anti-submarine capabilities. The new warship Pohang is the sixth of the country’s FFX Batch II frigates to replace the Navy’s 1,500-ton frigates and 1,000-ton patrol combat corvettes, according to the military. The ceremony was held [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided to acquire a new frigate with improved anti-aircraft and survival capabilities through domestic research and development, the arms procurement agency said Wednesday. The defense project promotion committee held a videoconference and approved the plan for the 3.5 trillion won (US$3.1 billion) Ulsan-class Batch IV project, according [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s arms procurement agency said Wednesday it has placed an order to build two 2,800 ton frigates ahead of schedule to support the ailing local shipbuilding industry. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said it signed a contract worth 700 billion won (US$585.6 million) with Hyundai Heavy & [...]