Hanwha Systems

Hanwha Systems is South Korea’s only global defense electronics and ICT smart solutions company, pioneering the industry with hyper-connected, hyper-intelligent, hyper-convergent, and super-spaced technologies. Based on the digital solution capabilities of our defense and ICT business, we are creating convergent synergy in the national defense and civil sectors.

Our ICT division leverages big data and IT development platform capabilities to develop new smart factory and smart yard conversion projects. The defense division has secured an unrivaled position by successfully developing systems that in essence serve as the brain and sensory organs of military weapon systems, based on the industry’s best technology and research personnel.

By providing advanced defense solutions based on future cutting-edge technologies from land to sea and space, we are solidifying our position as South Korea's leading defense solution company.

Additionally, we are contributing to making life safer and better for our customers and mankind through our world-class solutions that support business leadership and enhance value and functionality of platforms.

We are fully committed to expanding our presence in space and exploring its infinite potential. At 2p.m. on Dec. 4, 2023, we successfully launched the small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite over the southern sea of Jeju Island. Being the first Earth observation satellite developed entirely with a private Korean company’s technology, its launch marked the beginning of South Korea's new space era. Hanwha Systems will integrate the images obtained from the observation satellites with AI technology to predict the future in various fields — such as national security, disaster management, and monitoring of land and sea — to provide essential insights for Earth and humanity.

SAR satellites gather data in all weather conditions, regardless of the time of day. Only small and agile SAR satellites can revisit the same location every day, enabling the detection of subtle changes in images that were previously impossible. By establishing an end-to-end global integrated solution, encompassing satellite development, manufacturing, and services, we will lead South Korea's space industry.

Our space internet service deploys hundreds to thousands of communication satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) to provide global internet services, as well as establish a hyperspace communication infrastructure that ensures broadband connectivity around the clock for high-speed transportation such as aircraft, ships, trains, and vehicles. By leveraging Eutelsat OneWeb’s satellite network, we will install satellite communication antennas and provide stable space internet services to remote areas where internet access is difficult, as well as at sea and in the air. We aim to enable stable space internet service 24 hours a day in regions with poor infrastructure, such as islands and mountainous regions, and facilitate smooth communication in emergency situations such as natural disasters and geopolitical crises.

Additionally, by utilizing Eutelsat OneWeb’s satellite network, we expect to accelerate establishment of a LEO communication satellite network for military operations and expand the application to span from development to mass production and service supply of terminals for on the move (OTM), transport, and naval vessels. Through a multi-layered, hyper-connected network that integrates satellite and terrestrial networks, we aim to provide seamless communication services not only for the efficient operation of manned and unmanned systems, but also during emergency situations such as wartime and natural disasters.

In aviation technology, we strive to expand our global competitiveness. We are developing key components such as an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for fighter jets for the first time in South Korea, while playing our role as a comprehensive company that improves the performance of aircraft and advances unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Especially, we aim to enhance global competitiveness by providing integrated package solutions in the aviation field such as hyper-connectivity technology that controls manned and unmanned teaming systems (MUM-T).

Hanwha Systems is establishing a hyperconnected network ranging from surveillance and reconnaissance equipment in the land, sea, air, space, and cyber battlefields, to precision strike equipment. We aim to offer integrated air defense solutions by establishing an intelligent command and control system that quickly shares information from the battlefield and strengthens land defense.

Our multi-layer air defense solution, connected to space assets and intelligent command and control (C2), is a core weapon system that protects key assets near and far. Hanwha Systems’ multi-function radars (MFR) have various functions such as detection, tracking, electronic warfare, and missile guidance, allowing them to perform multiple single-function radar missions simultaneously. In recognition of its technological prowess, we successfully exported the mid-range surface to air missile multi-function radar (M-SAM MFR) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for $1.01 billion in 2022 and signed another multifunctional radar export agreement with Saudi Arabia in 2024.

We also aim to provide multi-layer complex total solutions — using both soft-kill and hard-kill methods in accordance with the operational environment — by expanding our air defense capabilities, including anti-drone systems that can neutralize the enemy’s unmanned aerial vehicles and drone swarms. 

In the naval sector, we provide solutions based on cutting-edge technology. We aim to maximize the Navy's combat power through combat systems, which act as the brain of a naval vessel, and unmanned systems, the key to future maritime battlefields. The Naval Combat Management System (CMS) is a key solution for surface and underwater vessels to defend themselves from enemies and obstacles and achieve their missions. To complete complex missions and expand operational radius, the navy is pursuing construction of new ships, the improvement of existing ships, and the deployment of maritime unmanned systems. To maximize the navy's combat power, we aim to provide hyper-connected, automated, intelligent, and unmanned maritime system solutions.

In April 2023, we supplied a domestically developed combat system to be installed in six 2,400-ton Philippine offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). This marks our fourth export to the Philippine Navy, supplying CMS to a total of 13 ships.

We are also actively participating in the introduction of new naval vessels, a next step in the Philippine Navy’s project aimed at modernizing its vessels. As the only company in South Korea that can provide a combat system with the technological maturity of developed countries for naval vessels for export, we plan to expand our exports to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, with our unrivaled CMS development, mass production, follow-up logistics support capabilities, and K-defense industry competitiveness.   

We offer integrated electronics platform systems (IEPS) that serve as the central control system of mobility, firepower, and air defense weapons systems to maximize combat capability on land. We research and develop platforms that enhance each combatant’s mission performance by applying advanced technologies to individual gear as well as to remote control solutions for operating unmanned ground systems. To help the Army maximize combat capabilities, we will offer hyper-connected, automated, intelligent, and unmanned land system solutions.

Our ICT Division is delivering customized solutions to meet specific customer needs in various industries by utilizing core technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Hanwha Systems is demonstrating differentiated capabilities not only for cloud-based data analysis but also for smart factories, integrated platform for public infrastructure security and control and financial IT systems, powered by big data, the cloud, ITO/IDC, and business-specific solutions. We will lead the digital transformation of the industry by diversifying our business into blockchain and metaverse technologies using our advanced ICT services tailored for different sectors.

By connecting all platforms on land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace using hyper-connected, hyper-intelligent, hyper-convergent, as well as hyper-space technologies, Hanwha Systems is poised to become a global leader in business and platform solutions, committed to enhancing the safety and quality of lives worldwide.