Hanwha Systems has demonstrated its capabilities in developing future maritime power that can maximize real-time response capabilities through a satellite-drone-ship integrated solution.

Hanwha Systems participated in the 2024 Yi Sun-sin Defense Industry Exhibition held at the Jinhae Naval Academy in Changwon from the 24th to the 27th and presented cutting-edge solutions to realize the new smart navy vision.

In this exhibition, Hanwha Systems will focus on showcasing its capabilities in the hyper-connected, hyper-intelligent, and hyper-converged ‘marine manned and unmanned complex system’ utilizing low-orbit satellites.

The maritime manned-unmanned complex system is a system that effectively integrates and operates manned and unmanned forces in all areas of water, underwater, and air to maximize operational and mission performance capabilities.

First, Hanwha Systems will exhibit the 12m-class unmanned surface vehicle HaeRyung (Sea GHOST) for search and reconnaissance, which can perform coastal search and rescue and surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Sea GHOST has doubled its coastal reconnaissance capabilities by deploying a landing pad for surveillance drones. Its distinctive feature is that it can perform search and surveillance reconnaissance capabilities in three dimensions through collaboration with unmanned submarines and drones.

In addition to autonomous navigation and collision avoidance technologies proven in real waters, this unmanned surface vehicle is equipped with the latest AI-based target and obstacle detection technology, “wave-avoiding autonomous navigation” technology that recognizes surrounding sea conditions to perform optimal safe navigation, and unmanned autonomous docking and landing technology, further enhancing the autonomy level of unmanned systems. This increases maneuverability in contact waters, enabling rapid exploration and response through 24-hour surveillance and reconnaissance.

In particular, it is expected to become the core technology basis for the realization of the future naval manned-unmanned complex system as it is not restricted by operational communication shadow zones and control ranges by applying remote control technology using low-orbit satellites.

In addition, Hanwha Systems will also exhibit a 'composite mission unmanned surface vehicle' that can perform surface surveillance and reconnaissance and underwater exploration missions, the only large-scale 'anti-submarine reconnaissance unmanned submarine' in Korea that can perform long-term anti-submarine surveillance and reconnaissance, and a 'next-generation mine removal device based on autonomous navigation' that can automatically approach and identify enemy-laid mines and remove them through self-destruction.

Marine unmanned systems are a key force in future battlefields, being used in anti-ship warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and anti-mine warfare to minimize loss of life.

It can be used as a vanguard force to escort the front of the Navy's coastal and underwater surveillance and manned vessels, providing safer mission performance and a wider operational radius. Hanwha Systems has a complete product lineup ranging from small to large and possesses total solutions for the operation of the Navy's unmanned systems.

The composite mission unmanned surface vehicle is an unmanned surface vehicle developed as a common platform that can perform composite missions by selectively mounting and dismounting modular underwater exploration mission equipment and surface surveillance and reconnaissance mission equipment depending on the mission.

The anti-submarine reconnaissance unmanned underwater vehicle is an unmanned underwater vehicle that can search, identify, and track enemy submarines by ambushing ports and major routes. It is also used for the purpose of maritime blockade to secure the fleet's operational area from underwater threats and sea route protection to secure the fleet's movement route. The anti-submarine reconnaissance unmanned underwater vehicle can operate for long periods of time and can also exchange real-time information and perform cooperative missions through underwater communications with unmanned surface vehicles (USVs).

The next-generation minesweeper based on autonomous navigation is an unmanned marine system that detects enemy mines by minesweepers or autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles, approaches them autonomously, and then detonates to quickly remove mines.