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HII, South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Sign MoU For Accelerating Ship Production

HII, South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Sign MoU For Accelerating Ship Production
HII Executive Vice President and President of Ingalls Shipbuilding Brian Blanchette and Won-ho Joo, Chief Executive of the Naval & Special Ship Business Unit at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries sign a memorandum of understanding at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland on April 7, 2025. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

HII [HII] and South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at exploring opportunities to work together on accelerating ship production for defense and commercial projects. The new MoU between two of the world’s largest shipbuilding companies was signed by executives at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland. HII noted the initiative will look to “advance technological innovation, maximize production efficiency and strengthen the global defense industry.”…

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