Hyundai Heavy Industries and SIMA Peru get the 'Approval in Principle' for the development of the HDS-1500 MGP submarine

The tenth edition of the International Show of Technology for Defense and Disaster Prevention (SITDEF 2025) has witnessed a new step in the partnership between SIMA and the South Korean company HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI), which aims to build new ships and submarines to equip the Peruvian Navy. With this aim, and listing current milestones such as the beginning of the construction of a new frigate, auxiliary support ships and ocean patr…

"That the sorting society grants the Approval in Principle is basically our safety guarantees, very important for the ships and even more important for the submarines," he added. In addition, the director of DNV - Navy pointed out that one of the main objectives of the company is to avoid catastrophic casualties in submarines, and it is also one of the objectives of the shipyards, of the users, of the Armed ones, and the validity, viability and …

Within the framework of the X International Hall of Technologies for the Defense and Prevention of Natural Disasters (SITDEF 2025), the Marine Industrial Service (SIMA Peru) and the South Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOA) for the joint development of a new 1,500-ton submarine for the Peruvian Navy.This agreement is a continuation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) previously signed dur…