HD Hyundai, Huntington Ingalls deepen Korea-US shipbuilding cooperation

HD Hyundai and U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) are accelerating their advanced shipbuilding technology cooperation, HD Hyundai said Wednesday. HD Hyundai said it launched a pilot project to improve production efficiency at Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of HII, America's largest military shipbuilder. Ingalls Shipbuilding, located in Mississippi, is the largest builder of surface combatant ships in the United States. The project stems from a memorandum of understanding (MOU) the two companies signed at the Sea Air Space 2025 exposition in Washington last year, covering cooperation to improve shipbuilding productivity and advance shipbuilding technology. As the first step of the pilot project, HD Hyundai is introducing its self-developed Intelligent Welding System at Ingalls Shipbuilding. The system has already been used at HD Hyundai's own shipyards, including HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and HD Hyundai Samho. The system was designed to make welding work safer and more efficient. It automatically recognizes the target and conditions of a welding job and adjusts the weld