U.S. asks South Korean shipbuilders for naval vessel capacity

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The U.S. Department of Defense and Navy recently asked major South Korean shipbuilders for information on their ability to build naval vessels, including destroyers, fleet replenishment ships and medium-sized naval tankers. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hanwha Ocean submitted details on destroyer design capabilities and shipyard capacity, and Samsung Heavy Industries also responded for tankers. The RFIs, conducted under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, follow a G7 exchange and the MASGA initiative under which Seoul committed US$150 billion to related U.S. investments, raising prospects for closer U.S.-Korea naval industrial cooperation amid U.S. regulatory limits.

U.S. Defense asked Korean shipbuilders about destroyer and tanker capacity