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South Korean defense electronics company (KRX: 272210) in the Hanwha group, making radar, C4I, satellite and laser systems such as the Cheongwang laser.
Hanwha Systems' laser weapons intercepted all three target drones at a South Korean Army exercise on October 14. The 50 kW vehicle it is offering for export is still in development, and no export order has been announced.
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Hanwha Aerospace delivered the first wheeled K9 howitzer prototype to the US Army, which named it XM1776 after a contract signed in August. The Army drops the X and calls it the M1776 once it clears testing.
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Hanwha's Philly Shipyard has no orders beyond its owner's except three Matson container ships, the WSJ reported, despite a $5 billion investment pledge. The centerpiece of Korea's $150 billion MASGA pledge has posted operating losses for six straight quarters.
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South Korea's Hanwha Systems-built Cheongwang laser downed two of four drones at its public debut, at 10,000 to 20,000 won of electricity a shot. Its 30-kilowatt Block I is rated for small North Korean drones at two to three kilometres, a narrower job than the US and Chinese lasers it is measured against.
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Korea's arms procurement agency says Hanwha, now KAI's second-largest shareholder, faces a full merger review if it puts directors on the board. That puts the deal's regulatory cost on the step from shareholder to controller.
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Capital is arriving ahead of orders. The equity going into Hanwha Defense USA is roughly 1.5 times the prototype howitzer contract it follows, and about 1.3 times everything invested there before.
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