Latin America’s First Regional Submarine Hub Anchored By Next-Gen Design
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Peru’s state-owned shipbuilder SIMA have unveiled the HDS-MGP, a next-gen submarine concept for the Peruvian Navy.
After the basic design phase was completed, the project has moved towards industrial qualification and construction, which has laid the foundation for a Latin American submarine construction and sustainment hub.
Derived from HD Hyundai’s HDS-1500 export design, the HDS-MGP (Hyundai Design Submarine – Marina de Guerra del Perú) is a 65 m long and 1,500-tonne submarine.
This design has been customised for the Peruvian Navy’s experience and requirements in sync with the oceanographic…