South Korean shipbuilding group HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Anduril Industries, a U.S. company that develops technologies for the defence sector and in particular systems and autonomous military weapons, have signed an agreement whose purpose is to to participate jointly in the development of naval fleets of the United States, South Korea and their allied countries. The strategic partnership provides for the commitment of the two companies to collaborate to design, develop and produce new and different types of autonomous ship systems, in particular by pursuing the design of new classes of low-cost autonomous maritime systems cost and mass-produced.

"With the rise of autonomous naval systems such as important component of future maritime defence - said Won-ho Joo, Chief Operating Officer of the Naval & Special Division HHI Ship - we expect to be pioneers in the market thanks to the Our Combined Naval Ship Construction Capability with our leading defense technology."