Overview
- Huntington Ingalls Industries and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed the memorandum of agreement on October 26 during APEC 2025 in Gyeongju, with HHI’s Joo Won-ho and HII’s Eric Chewning in attendance.
- The companies committed to team on U.S. Navy auxiliary shipbuilding opportunities, following their early-October decision to jointly pursue the Next-Generation Logistics Ship design contract.
- The agreement targets expansion of the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base through potential joint investments in distributed and flexible construction.
- Engineering and R&D collaboration will focus on deploying artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and automation to improve design and production.
- The partners also plan to enhance lifecycle support for U.S. Navy operations in the Indo-Pacific, pairing HHI’s auxiliary-ship track record with HII’s complex naval construction expertise.