Hanwha Aerospace showcases K9 production plant to U.S. Army delegation
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Aerospace Co. said Wednesday that a U.S. Army ...
Hanwha Aerospace Co. has showcased its Changwon plant to a U.S. Army delegation, following the U.S. Army's selection of the company's K9-based system for an artillery prototype program. The delegation, led by Brent Ingraham, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, visited the Changwon plant on August 26 to review Hanwha Aerospace's key land weapons systems, including the K9 self-propelled howitzer, the Chunmoo multiple rocket launcher system, and long-range surface-to-air missile systems.
The visit comes in the wake of the U.S. Army's selection of Hanwha Defense USA to provide K9MH prototypes, wheeled variants of the K9 guns, to evaluate their potential to augment the current towed M777 howitzers used by American forces. Hanwha is also evaluating expansion opportunities as production scales up to meet U.S. Army requirements.
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