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Yup, we've talked about it and could continue over here : https://defencehub.live/threads/indonesian-navy-tentara-nasional-indonesia-angkatan-laut-tni-al.697/page-406#post-208576 Though concerning Nagapasa-class batch 2, the contract was written in such way that it only becomes legally binding...

This is not new. It was already well known that Indonesia allocated the budget for this year and next year. The problem is that the budget for those two years only amount to 39 million dollars. Indonesian delayed payment currently amounts to a total of around 610 milion dollars, which means...

https://n.news.naver.com/article/366/0000837880?sid=101 Add to that, KAI can manufacture 5 TA-50s a month from the two production lines they have assigned for the T-50 variant production. So that's 60 aircrafts a year from two lines. KF-21 will certainly take longer than that, but current plans...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/south-koreas-hanwha-group-acquires-dsme/ https://maritime-executive.com/article/deal-to-sell-dsme-to-hanwha-proceeds-as-no-other-bidders-emerge https://www.donga.com/news/amp/all/20221216/117033664/1...

https://www.hankyung.com/economy/article/2020121065011 http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=52685 https://www.forconstructionpros.com/blogs/construction-grade/blog/21206647/hyundai-could-finalize-a-purchase-of-doosan-infracore-by-years-end In 2020 HHI took over Doosan...

Next up is another "Big Deal". This time it's between Hanwha and Samsung. https://www.hankyung.com/economy/article/2021062397641 https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/24089351#home https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2021062809060001457 This deal was initially started by the change of...

You're welcome. Ironically, that insane expansions fueled by massive debts that were way larger than the company equity was exactly the reason Korea had so much trouble during the AFC. Had they have more reasonable management and finances, AFC wouldn't have affected the economy that bad...

First big consolidation in South Korean defence industry happened in the wake of Asian Financial Crisis. At the time Korean industry giants, mostly conglomerates were in a very difficult position, leading to bankruptcy and insolvency of dozens of corporate groups that were once thought to be...

This thread will be used to post news and discuss about Korean defence industry consolidation.

I think there's a merit in industry consolidation, but Korean ground forces are very large in number and I think there's enough market to support 2 suppliers. If the market allows the existence, competition is always the way to go.

Why wait for block 3 if KAI already has dedicated composite structure manufacturing facility built in 2016, an expansion to their pre-existing composite structure capabilities. They are currently involved in various international composite structure program, including that of 787 wing center and...

I'm the Korea section mod and for the most part I will not delete individual posts as long as they are on topic. Of course individual cases are different and I will react accordingly, especially if I determine that behaviors are near that of trolling, but I'm not really into censoring people...

I'm not sure if the old one has been proven to be unreliable and the new one is almost a complete unknown in terms of reliability. As I've wrote, one of the problem with the older version was that it had foreign parts of which the control and supervision of S&T was harder to achieve than had it...

Yes, all of what you said are true. My comparison of DV27K and Mt883 is purely a comparison of their power and torque curves. The bright side of DV27K is that Doosan Infracore is now part of HHI group, who's arguably the most experienced people when it comes to industrial and heavy duty diesel...

That would be considered for K3.

Unfortunately for Ukraine, there's no chance, for now at least. Ukraine already requested Korean Army T-80Us and BMP-3s (and possibly other Russian gears of the Korean Army, such as Metis-M ATGM or Igla MANPADS) but the Korean government has declined. The agreements signed between South Korea...

Similar to SMV1360 for the K1, STX Engine is also offering SMV1000 engine for the K9 SPH. In the past, export deal of K9 has slipped due to German arms embargo against the Sauds and its allied Sunni nations in the Arab. Similar thing also happened in the K2 deal with Oman. Due to this, there's a...

SMV1360 engine by STX. This engine was developed based on the design and expertise gained by STX (back then Ssangyong Heavy Industries) while they license produced the MTU MB871 engines. STX has been offering this engine to the Korean Army as the replacement of the MB871 for quite some time.

SMV1360 engine by STX. This engine was developed based on the design and expertise gained by STX (back then Ssangyong Heavy Industries) while they license produced the MTU MB871 engines. STX has been offering this engine to the Korean Army as the replacement of the MB871 for quite some time.

Of the 6 failed tests, The first 3 (main pump drive bearing fracture caused by faulty assembly, main housing fracture caused by manufacturing defect, damage to planetary gear caused by faulty heat treatment) were clear-cut technical failures induced by reasons imputable to S&T. The reason for...