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Interest in defence ⚔ especially Navies ⚓ㅣFocus on 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇰🇷🇯🇵 - Indo-Pac (more Pac than Indo)ㅣNaval reporter sometimesㅣNaval History loverㅣ RT≠ edrst
Quite important to note - most of the above systems will be purchased from foreign companies highlighting 2 things:
- Wish to acquire off-the-shelf products in order to speed up acquisitions (ending an era of Japan first)
- A gap within this domain on the domestic market
- Wish to acquire off-the-shelf products in order to speed up acquisitions (ending an era of Japan first)
- A gap within this domain on the domestic market
August 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Quite important to note - most of the above systems will be purchased from foreign companies highlighting 2 things:
- Wish to acquire off-the-shelf products in order to speed up acquisitions (ending an era of Japan first)
- A gap within this domain on the domestic market
- Wish to acquire off-the-shelf products in order to speed up acquisitions (ending an era of Japan first)
- A gap within this domain on the domestic market
- V-BAT in good position to be installed on New FFM - system already selected to be based on new patrol vessel.
- Additional MQ-9B Seaguardian for the JMSDF
- Bayraktar TB2 is also considered in the plan
- Additional MQ-9B Seaguardian for the JMSDF
- Bayraktar TB2 is also considered in the plan
August 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
- V-BAT in good position to be installed on New FFM - system already selected to be based on new patrol vessel.
- Additional MQ-9B Seaguardian for the JMSDF
- Bayraktar TB2 is also considered in the plan
- Additional MQ-9B Seaguardian for the JMSDF
- Bayraktar TB2 is also considered in the plan
Some competitors may be way more agressive (even if it means selling at very low margins or not at all) and might offer more on different aspects.
Let's not forget 🇵🇱 is part of the Baltic countries, surrounded by 2 future users of type 212CD, and is the best customer of 🇰🇷 defence industry now.
Let's not forget 🇵🇱 is part of the Baltic countries, surrounded by 2 future users of type 212CD, and is the best customer of 🇰🇷 defence industry now.
August 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Some competitors may be way more agressive (even if it means selling at very low margins or not at all) and might offer more on different aspects.
Let's not forget 🇵🇱 is part of the Baltic countries, surrounded by 2 future users of type 212CD, and is the best customer of 🇰🇷 defence industry now.
Let's not forget 🇵🇱 is part of the Baltic countries, surrounded by 2 future users of type 212CD, and is the best customer of 🇰🇷 defence industry now.
Announcements keep being made:
Hanwha Group invests $5 billion in its newly acquired Philly shipyard.
www.hanwha.com/newsroom/new...
Hanwha Group invests $5 billion in its newly acquired Philly shipyard.
www.hanwha.com/newsroom/new...
Hanwha announces $5 billion Philly Shipyard investment
Hanwha pledges $5 billion to expand Philly Shipyard and boost U.S. shipbuilding during a christening ceremony attended by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
www.hanwha.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Announcements keep being made:
Hanwha Group invests $5 billion in its newly acquired Philly shipyard.
www.hanwha.com/newsroom/new...
Hanwha Group invests $5 billion in its newly acquired Philly shipyard.
www.hanwha.com/newsroom/new...
- KSS III offers a great range of capabilities including deep strike and a great autonomy. Hanwha has also a speed of production quite impressive and the submarine is already in service within ROK Navy 🇰🇷⚓️.
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
- KSS III offers a great range of capabilities including deep strike and a great autonomy. Hanwha has also a speed of production quite impressive and the submarine is already in service within ROK Navy 🇰🇷⚓️.
This procurement is highly political, so capabilities won't be the only aspects to be looked at.
Note:
- 🇳🇴 (an Arctic country) already chose the Type 212CD from TKMS, and 🇨🇦has a similar Navy and missions to 🇳🇴 and 🇩🇪.
Note:
- 🇳🇴 (an Arctic country) already chose the Type 212CD from TKMS, and 🇨🇦has a similar Navy and missions to 🇳🇴 and 🇩🇪.
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This procurement is highly political, so capabilities won't be the only aspects to be looked at.
Note:
- 🇳🇴 (an Arctic country) already chose the Type 212CD from TKMS, and 🇨🇦has a similar Navy and missions to 🇳🇴 and 🇩🇪.
Note:
- 🇳🇴 (an Arctic country) already chose the Type 212CD from TKMS, and 🇨🇦has a similar Navy and missions to 🇳🇴 and 🇩🇪.
The speed for delivery seem to be key in the selection: probably one of the reason why Naval Group is not part of it, already quite busy with the Netherlands.
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The speed for delivery seem to be key in the selection: probably one of the reason why Naval Group is not part of it, already quite busy with the Netherlands.
A LOI with Hanwha was signed for joint investment into UAV, MQ-1C Gray Eagle STOL (Mojave) landing demo were conducted from ROKS Dokdo.
Gordon Arthur wrote a nice paper on it👇
t.co/lbj0dI4QES
Gordon Arthur wrote a nice paper on it👇
t.co/lbj0dI4QES
https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/dsei-japan-2025/2025/06/general-atomics-targets-east-asia-and-its-helicopter-carriers-with-its-uavs/
t.co
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A LOI with Hanwha was signed for joint investment into UAV, MQ-1C Gray Eagle STOL (Mojave) landing demo were conducted from ROKS Dokdo.
Gordon Arthur wrote a nice paper on it👇
t.co/lbj0dI4QES
Gordon Arthur wrote a nice paper on it👇
t.co/lbj0dI4QES