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Construction, testing and delivery of warships by industrial yards such as HII's Newport News Shipbuilding.
Hanwha Defense USA will build the Army's next wheeled howitzer on Czech group CSG's Tatra chassis under a $262 million, 18-prototype contract. Its owned U.S. capital is going to shipyards, and the howitzer footprint stays small until the Army decides on full-rate production.
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South Korea launched the Daeho Kim Jong-seo at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' Ulsan yard, the sixth and last ship of its 19-year Aegis destroyer program. President Lee Jae-myung named nuclear-powered submarines as the Navy's next core asset, so the yard's next multi-year naval order depends on that pledge becoming a funded program.
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Hanwha Ocean booked 2.89 trillion won of ship orders in September with more than three years of work already in hand. That backlog makes its claim to be choosing contracts for profit believable, until margins on the new ships say otherwise.
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HII's award covers long-lead propulsion plant material for a carrier still years from full-scale construction. Work is authorized while the final price is unnegotiated, and the supplier network reading the order spans thousands of companies.
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CVN 79 has completed acceptance sea trials at Newport News, moving the second Ford-class carrier toward preliminary acceptance and Navy testing ahead of a 2027 delivery.
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