HD HHI Expands Defense Partnerships at MADEX 2025

At MADEX 2025, HD HHI reinforced its international protection connections by partnering with the Portuguese Navy on shipbuilding and MRO, while authorizing MOUs with POSCO, Leonardo, Thales, KAI, and LIG Nex1. The firm intends to increase competition and lead the international marine ship market.

HD HHI News Release Converted by Naval Information

HD Hyundai is utilizing MADEX 2025 as a system to construct a durable ‘protection sector participation community.’

On May 30 (Friday), HD Hyundai introduced that it had actually authorized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Portuguese Navy at its cubicle in BEXCO, Busan, throughout MADEX.

With this arrangement, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and the Portuguese Navy will certainly develop a critical collaboration, not just in marine ship building and construction however additionally in different areas such as upkeep, repair service, and overhaul (MRO).

An especially encouraging location of cooperation is the growth of tiny submarines. Based upon shared trust fund under the tactical collaboration, HD Hyundai and the Portuguese Navy strategy to collectively create a little submarine design in the future.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is presently creating 3 export-oriented submarine designs, 2,300-ton, 1,500-ton, and 800-ton courses and showcased these at the MADEX event to target the international submarine market.

The participation additionally included international protection firms. On the MADEX opening day, Might 28 (Wednesday), HD Hyundai authorized an MOU with POSCO for the joint growth of brand-new products to be related to next-generation marine hulls. It additionally authorized MOUs with Italian protection firm Leonardo and French protection firm Thales to seek shared participation in the marine export market.

Additionally, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries authorized a three-party MOU with Korea Aerospace Industries ( KAI) and LIG Nex1 to collectively create an Oriental multi-purpose unmanned mothership, anticipated to come to be a core fight possession for the future navy.

An authorities from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries mentioned, ” MADEX is an occasion where leading protection firms collect, and we tactically leveraged it as a chance to enhance our competition,” including,
” Based upon our innovative marine shipbuilding innovation, we intend to lead the international marine export market via corresponding participation with international protection companions.”

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