South Korea Kicks Off KDX II Destroyer Upgrade Program

South Korea Kicks Off KDX-II Destroyer Upgrade Program.
The $135.93 million contract awarded to Hanwha Systems aims to enhance combat, sonar, and missile capabilities, ensuring the fleet's operational reliability and readiness. On January 15, South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) held a kickoff meeting for the combat system development as part of the upgrade program (performance improvement program or PIP) for the Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyers (KDX-II).
DAPA plans to significantly enhance the operational capabilities of the Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyers by replacing their major onboard equipment with latest systems. Hanwha Systems was awarded the PIP (Performance Improvement Program) contract worth 135.93 million USD (197.1 billion KRW) in December last year and is expected to leverage its latest combat system technologies and utilize its prior experience of upgrading the KDX-I Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyers.