Defence Fair MADEX 2023

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HD HHI booth at MADEX 2023

HD HHI Leads The Expansion Of The Korean Defense Industry To The Sea​

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) showcases world-class shipbuilding technologies at 2023 MADEX (June 7-9), continuing the legacy of the Korean defense industry.

Naval News Staff 07 Jun 2023

HD HHI press release

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries participates in the MADEX 2023, taking place from June 7th to 9th at BEXCO in Busan, unveiling for the first time to the public a variety of advanced naval ship designs and technological capabilities, including the next-generation Korean Destroyer(KDDX), Mother ship for unmanned systems, The CATOBAR variant of the Korean Aircraft Carrier(CVX), as well as Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) developed for the export international market, which will lead and expand the ‘K-Defense’ reputation in naval ship sectors.

KDDX scale model on HHI booth at MADEX 2023

HD HHI is further strengthening naval ship research and development (R&D) and, as one of the results, has made remarkable progress in the basic design of KDDX since its contract award in January 2020. Through this project, HD HHI aims to design a first-of-its-kind integrated electric propulsion system for the Korean Navy and to propose a new platform that maximizes combat capabilities through optimal system integration and allows easy application of new technology and future weapon systems.

The mothership of the unmanned systems at HD HHI’s booth at MADEX 2023

The mother ship for unmanned systems, which will receive significant attention as it is unveiled for the first time at the MADEX 2023, is led by HD HHI in collaboration with LIG Nex1 and Seowon University. Based on the results of the joint study, the ship is expected to play a significant role in defining the direction of manned/unmanned system integration. The proposal by HD HHI encompasses features such as optimization of missions while exploiting possible parallel task execution in the operation of multiple and diverse unmanned assets, UAV sortie scheduling optimization, and automated survivability enhancement.

The model of the HD HHI’s CVX design exhibited at MADEX 2023

Amidst ongoing research by the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses (KIDA) on the direction of the CVX project, HD HHI unveils, for the first time, its conceptual model of CVX fitted with Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) system. In 2020, HD HHI completed the conceptual study on the Korean Light Aircraft Carrier and is now advancing the concept of the CVX incorporating the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and domestically developed combat aircraft (KF-21N).

Following the successful delivery of two 2,600-ton frigates to the Philippine Navy (PN) in 2020 and 2021, and additional orders for two 3,200-ton corvettes and six 2,450-ton OPVs for the PN which are under construction stage, HD HHI plans to lead and accelerate exports of naval vessels showcasing OPVs targeting high-potential export markets, including HDP-1500Neo, HDP-2200Neo, and conceptual OPV with highly automated systems during the exhibition.

During MADEX, HD HHI and Babcock International signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement to collaborate on the Canadian Patrol Submarine Projects (CPSP). HD HHI and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) join forces to develop simulators and provide an innovative solution for crew training program.

“With a deep sense of duty that the best makes the best and our advanced technological prowess, we are successfully completing the construction of the next-generation of Aegis destroyer and implementing FFX Batch-III. Building upon this, we will continue to pursue the follow-on projects. During MADEX 2023, we are showcasing various research and development achievements by the world’s leading shipbuilding technology company, unsparingly demonstrating our capabilities as a leading company that realizes the human dreams with human dynamics.”

Dr. Won-ho Joo, Senior Executive VP, Head of Naval and Special Ship Business Unit at HD HHI

HD HHI Leads the Expansion of the Korean Defense Industry to the Seas - Naval News

HD HHI showcases world-class shipbuilding technologies at 2023 MADEX (June 7-9), continuing the legacy of the Korean defense industry.

www.navalnews.com

 

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Expect more detailed infos coming out in the following days.

Concept image of a future ROK Navy Carrier Strike Group via Korea Defense Blog

CVX model pics from the HHI booth at MADEX 2023:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1666226309792505857

Drone mothership model pics at the HHI booth:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1666310909030019072

 

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Specialized drone carrier model which looks way too "unreal" IMO:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1666085431493136385

 

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KDDX next generation destroyer:

Command & control mothership for UAV, USV, UUV:

CVX with 2 CATOBAR, AAG and KF-21N (speculated 70.000 ton full displacement):

Source:

https://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/bbs/view.html?b_bbs_id=10108&branch=&pn=1&num=938#

 

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Hanwha Ocean's (ex-DSME) design concept model of the ~8.000-ton " joint firepower" arsenal ship.

Same integrated mast as KDDX.

Edited VLS count:
- 48x KVLS-I (quad-packed K-SAAM or KASROC)
- 32x KVLS-II (land attack cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, ballistic missiles)
- 15x new launching tubes for heavy ballistic missiles (Hyunmoo IV with 2+ tons warhead)
- 4x new launching cells (Hyunmoo V with 8-9 tons warhead or MRBM/IRBM)
- 1x new launching pad for solid fuel SLV

Quick auto-translated and edited (original article messed up order of pics and text):

Navy's Joint Firepower Ship Unveiled

Among the three types of VLS (Vertical Launching System) packages, it seems that there are silos of vertically launched anti-ship missiles to replace the naval guns in the bow's VLS package (48 cells).

The fact that a number of vertical launch anti-ship missiles are included and that there are only domestic CIWS on the bow without naval guns seems to have referenced the design idea of the Israeli Navy's Eilat-class corvettes.

It is estimated that long-range ground attack means include not only ballistic missiles but also Haeseong-2 (SSMS-960K). The VLS package right behind the bridge structure looks like Haeseong-2 (Hyunmoo-3) silos.


The rearmost package of the three VLS packages appears to be surface-to-surface ballistic missile
launchers.

Since this standing vertical silo is laid out, it is estimated that there is a helicopter pad but no helicopter hangar. If there is also a hangar for helicopters, it is presumed that the work of standing up the standing silos that were laid down when storing or taking out the helicopters will have to be done first.

Since the system with the longest range among ballistic missiles cannot be placed in a fixed vertical silo due to its size, it is built into a standing vertical silo separately on the helicopter pad at the rear of the hull.

해군의 합동화력함 공개

함포가 없는 것으로 볼 때 이스라엘 해군 Eilat급 초계함처럼 함포를 대신할 다수의 대함 미사일이 내장된 수직 사일로들이 사진의 구축함(합동화력함)에 탑재될 수직 사일로 패키지(3 종류)에 포함되어 있는 것으로 보인다.3 종류의 VLS(Vertical Launching System) 패키지 중 함수의 VLS 패키지(48셀)에 함포 대신할 수직 발사 대함 미사일들의 사일로가 있는 것 같다.다수의 수직발사 대함미사일이 들어가고 함수에 함포없이 국산 CIWS만 있는 것은 이스라엘 해군 Eilat급 초계함의 설계 사상도 참고한 것으로 보

www.defensetoday.kr

 

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Combat XLUUV on Hanwha Ocean stand at MADEX 2023

Hanwha Ocean Unveils Combat XLUUV​

Hanwha Ocean today unveiled a new extra large uncrewed underwater vehicle dubbed "Combat XLUUV" at the 2023 international Maritime and Defence Exhibition (MADEX) in Busan, South Korea.​

Xavier Vavasseur 07 Jun 2023

While XLUUVs are quickly becoming a major trend in naval warfare, armed XLUUVs remain a niche capability that few countries are exploring. We recently reported on non-armed XLUUV projects from Israel, Japan, France and Germany.

The Combat XLUUV design unveiled today by Hanwha Ocean (known until recently as DSME) is a big deal as it features two torpedo tubes. The only known armed XLUUV projects featuring torpedo capability are those of China and India. Even the US Navy’s ORCA can’t deploy torpedo (but it can lay mines). The presence of torpedoes on an unmanned submarine implies an autonomous decision to shoot them against targets…

Hanwha Ocean officials told Naval News that the Combat XLUUV has a length of 23 meters and a displacement of 60 tons. It features two torpedo tubes (presumably for LIG Nex1’s Tiger Shark wire-guided heavyweight torpedoes), conformal sonar arrays along the hull and an X-rudder configuration. It is fitted with Lithium-Ion batteries and AIP (air independent propulsion) systems, two technologies leveraged from the KSS III Batch 2 program.

A swarm of Combat XLUUV launching torpedoes

The company received a “concept study” contract from South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) six month ago and is expected to complete this study phase at the end of the year.

What’s more: The Combat XLUUV is actually part of a bigger picture: The “Navy Sea GHOST (네이비 씨 고스트)” concept. It is a new operational concept unveiled last year by the ROK Navythat combines the use of manned and unmanned systems.

One of the three “GHOST Commander” mothership design.

A scale model of a large Unmanned Systems mothership dubbed “GHOST Commander” was also unveiled by Hanwha Ocean and was being showcased next to the XLUUV. Naval News understand that “GHOST Commander” vessels comme in three configurations:

• A 16,000 tons “mini carrier” which can deploy (fixed-winged) UAV, USV and UUV. The model of this large mothership shows the deployment of a “Combat XLUUV” at the stern.
• A 5,000 tons mothership which can deploy (VTOL) UAV, USV and UUV.
• A submarine mothership which can deploy up to two “Combat XLUUV”. The displacement and size of this submarine mothership was not disclosed at MADEX but a video showed a concept of operation.

Combat XLUUV deploying

Wireless charging of the Combat XLUUV inside the moterhship

XLUUV mothership (text reads “command and control vessel”)

Hanwha Ocean Unveils Combat XLUUV - Naval News

Hanwha Ocean today unveiled a new extra large uncrewed underwater vehicle dubbed "Combat XLUUV" at MADEX 2023.

www.navalnews.com

 

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Hanwha Ocean‘s „GHOSTCommander“ drone carrier & mothership concept clip:

More detail pics of the „drone carrier“:

무인기 지휘통제함 최초 공개

6천톤급의 무인전력 지휘통제함이 최초 공개 되었습니다. [디펜스투데이]

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Farewell drone light show at MADEX 2023 in Busan

Hundreds of luminous drones took off from ROKS Dokdo and illuminated the night sky with scenes of Korean weapon systems as follows:

[Drone Show Overview]
- Intro rise
- Scene 1 : MADEX 2023
- Scene 2 : New frigate (FFX Batch-lll)
- Scene 3 : Offshore patrol ship (OPV)
- Scene 4 : Haeseong (C-STAR)
- Scene 5 : Jang Bogo 3 (KSS-lll)
- Scene 6 : Marineon (MUH-1)
- Scene 7 : Amphibious Assault Vehicle (KAAV)
- Scene 8 : SEE YOU MADEX 2025
- Finale descent

Clip with Korean/English voiceover and up to 4K: