Hanwha Defense displayed its K9A1 Thunder self-propelled howitzer at AUSA 2021 in Washington, DC. (Ashley Roque/Janes)

Hanwha Defense is using the US Army's revamped M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle replacement competition to expand its footprint inside the country.

John Kelly, the president and CEO of Hanwha Defense USA, recently detailed evolving plans to make the South Korean company a prime contractor for Pentagon ground combat vehicle programmes by 2031.

“Within 10 years or so we want to be able to offer the same sort of capabilities as existing land systems prime contractors here,” Kelly said during a 12 October interview. “We have the product suite to do that already, we now have to build that capability in the United States [and] it's not going to be an export model.”

Hanwha Defense displayed its K9A1 Thunder self-propelled howitzer at AUSA 2021 in Washington, DC. (Ashley Roque/Janes)

Hanwha Defense is using the US Army's revamped M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle replacement competition to expand its footprint inside the country.

John Kelly, the president and CEO of Hanwha Defense USA, recently detailed evolving plans to make the South Korean company a prime contractor for Pentagon ground combat vehicle programmes by 2031.

“Within 10 years or so we want to be able to offer the same sort of capabilities as existing land systems prime contractors here,” Kelly said during a 12 October interview. “We have the product suite to do that already, we now have to build that capability in the United States [and] it's not going to be an export model.”

Hanwha Defense displayed its K9A1 Thunder self-propelled howitzer at AUSA 2021 in Washington, DC. (Ashley Roque/Janes)

Hanwha Defense is using the US Army's revamped M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle replacement competition to expand its footprint inside the country.

John Kelly, the president and CEO of Hanwha Defense USA, recently detailed evolving plans to make the South Korean company a prime contractor for Pentagon ground combat vehicle programmes by 2031.

“Within 10 years or so we want to be able to offer the same sort of capabilities as existing land systems prime contractors here,” Kelly said during a 12 October interview. “We have the product suite to do that already, we now have to build that capability in the United States [and] it's not going to be an export model.”

Hanwha Defense displayed its K9A1 Thunder self-propelled howitzer at AUSA 2021 in Washington, DC. (Ashley Roque/Janes)

Hanwha Defense is using the US Army's revamped M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle replacement competition to expand its footprint inside the country.

John Kelly, the president and CEO of Hanwha Defense USA, recently detailed evolving plans to make the South Korean company a prime contractor for Pentagon ground combat vehicle programmes by 2031.

“Within 10 years or so we want to be able to offer the same sort of capabilities as existing land systems prime contractors here,” Kelly said during a 12 October interview. “We have the product suite to do that already, we now have to build that capability in the United States [and] it's not going to be an export model.”

Hanwha Defense displayed its K9A1 Thunder self-propelled howitzer at AUSA 2021 in Washington, DC. (Ashley Roque/Janes)

Hanwha Defense is using the US Army's revamped M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle replacement competition to expand its footprint inside the country.

John Kelly, the president and CEO of Hanwha Defense USA, recently detailed evolving plans to make the South Korean company a prime contractor for Pentagon ground combat vehicle programmes by 2031.

“Within 10 years or so we want to be able to offer the same sort of capabilities as existing land systems prime contractors here,” Kelly said during a 12 October interview. “We have the product suite to do that already, we now have to build that capability in the United States [and] it's not going to be an export model.”

Hanwha Defense displayed its K9A1 Thunder self-propelled howitzer at AUSA 2021 in Washington, DC. (Ashley Roque/Janes)

Hanwha Defense is using the US Army's revamped M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle replacement competition to expand its footprint inside the country.

John Kelly, the president and CEO of Hanwha Defense USA, recently detailed evolving plans to make the South Korean company a prime contractor for Pentagon ground combat vehicle programmes by 2031.

“Within 10 years or so we want to be able to offer the same sort of capabilities as existing land systems prime contractors here,” Kelly said during a 12 October interview. “We have the product suite to do that already, we now have to build that capability in the United States [and] it's not going to be an export model.”