HD Hyundai and Huntington Ingalls Accelerate Shipbuilding Cooperation

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HD Hyundai and U.S. firm Huntington Ingalls are accelerating their collaboration on advanced shipbuilding technologies.

On the 5th, HD Hyundai announced that it has launched a pilot project at Ingalls Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls—the largest defense shipbuilder in the United States—to improve shipyard productivity. Ingalls Shipbuilding is located in Mississippi in the southern central U.S. and serves as the primary shipyard for constructing Choi Dae (수상) ships.

This initiative is part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by both companies at the Sea Air Space 2025 exhibition held in Washington, D.C., in 2025, aimed at enhancing shipbuilding productivity and advancing collaborative efforts in cutting-edge shipbuilding technologies.

As the first phase of this pilot project, HD Hyundai will introduce its self-developed Intelligent Welding System to Ingalls Shipbuilding. The system has been field-validated through actual operations at group shipyards including HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and HD Hyundai Samho.

The intelligent welding system was developed to enable safer and more efficient welding operations. It automatically recognizes the target object and working conditions, correcting welding positions in real time. This allows workers to simply define the work zone and manage multiple robots simultaneously, intervening only when necessary. Additionally, process data is stored in real time, enabling its use for quality control, process improvement, and verification of work history.

In a phone interview with this newspaper, an HD Hyundai representative stated, “This collaboration will serve as a catalyst to further strengthen our partnership and expand cooperation between the two companies.”

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