South Korea and Canada held working-level defense talks Thursday to boost bilateral cooperation in the defense industry, Seoul’s arms procurement agency said.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Canada’s defense ministry held the second session of the arms and logistics committee in Seoul, following the inaugural session in Ottawa in May 2023.
Yoon Chang-moon, the DAPA official in charge of international cooperation, and Nancy Tremblay, associate assistant deputy minister at Canada’s Department of National Defence, discussed ways to boost cooperation in the testing and evaluation of defense products and upgrading weapons, according to DAPA.
South Korean companies have been seeking to expand their foothold in the Canadian maritime defense sector as the Royal Canadian Navy seeks to replace its aging fleet of Victoria-class submarines with the latest models.
In November, Hanwha Ocean, a South Korean shipbuilder, signed a memorandum of understanding with four Canadian companies — CAE, J
-Squared Technologies, Modest Tree and Des Nedhe — to cooperate on submarine-related technology and logistics solutions.
Source: Yonhap News Agency