Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on 25 April laid the keel of the first of six FFX Batch III Ulsan-class frigates destined for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).. The ceremony involved laying out the ...

Leonardo DRS Hybrid Electric Drive Propulsion System Successful in Republic of Korea Navy Sea Trials of First Ulsan-Class Frigate. November 20, 2023 04:01 PM Eastern Standard Time.

FFX replaces older Ulsan class frigates and Pohang class corvettes. In 1986 one of the Pohang’s confronted and sank a North Korean gunboat that entered South Korean waters and refused to obey signals ...

The Ulsan-class Batch III frigate displaces about 3,500 tonnes, and it has an overall length of 129 m and a width of 15 m. The vessel is fitted with a hybrid electric and gas propulsion system, ...

Hanwha Ocean signed a main contract for the 'Ulsan-class Batch-IV ships 1 and 2 construction project.' The contract amount totals 839.1 billion won. According to Hanwha Ocean on the 19th, as the ...

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has received a KRW400 (USD325 million) contract to design and build the first Ulsan-class Batch III frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN).

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has been selected to build the first two vessels in South Korea’s new Ulsan-class frigate (FFX) Batch-IV.. The contract win is consistent for Hanwha Ocean, which ...

South Korea's arms procurement agency said Wednesday it has placed an order to build two 2,800 ton frigates ahead of schedule to support the ailing local shipbuilding industry.

South Korea’s plan to build new Ulsan-class frigates drew condemnation from North Korea’s media on Tuesday. File Photo by Jeon Heon-kyun/EPA-EFE ...

November 25, 2023: In the early 1980s, South Korea began developing and building its own FFX series of frigates. The first ones were nine 2,200-ton Ulsan-Class ships. These entered service between ...

Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today the successful completion of comprehensive sea trials of the first Ulsan-Class Future Frigate experimental Batch-3 for the Republic of Korea Navy. "The ...