Hanwha Defense USA, Inc. is a U.S. defense company established in 2021 to bring advanced ground and sea combat systems to the American market. A subsidiary of Hanwha Aerospace and part of Hanwha Group - a Fortune Global 500 enterprise founded in South Korea in 1952 - it serves as the U.S. arm of one of South Korea's largest defense organizations. The company maintains facilities in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Its portfolio spans manned and unmanned platforms across land, sea, and air domains, with particular depth in land systems - including infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled howitzers - as well as naval shipbuilding, artillery, and ammunition. The company draws on its parent's global supply chains and manufacturing expertise to offer proven platforms with demonstrated process maturity to U.S. defense customers.
Hanwha Defense USA is expanding its U.S. presence through a combination of organic growth, strategic industrial partnerships, and selective acquisitions. Its stated priorities include building sovereign defense capabilities, creating American jobs, and supporting the U.S. defense industrial base.