Hanwha Eyes Bigger U.S. Navy Role at Philadelphia Shipyard

Hanwha’s push into U.S. naval shipbuilding was on display Wednesday as Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao toured the company’s Philadelphia shipyard and met with executives about expanding domestic shipbuilding capacity.

Cao visited Hanwha Philly Shipyard with leaders from Hanwha Defense USA, discussing planned investments in the facility, workforce growth and the company’s ambitions to build more ships for the U.S. Navy.

“America’s maritime strength depends on our ability to build ships at the speed and scale our nation requires,” Cao said. “Today’s visit highlighted opportunities to expand domestic shipbuilding capacity, strengthen our workforce, and ultimately put more ships to