Taiwanese shipbuilder
Philippine Navy Multipurpose Assault Craft Mk2 Lungteh Shipbuilding (also spelled Lung Teh or Longde,[ 1] Chinese : 龍德造船 ) is a Taiwanese ship and boat builder headquartered in Yilan County .
History
Test ship Glorious Star Lungteh was established in 1979.[ 2]
In 2018 Lungteh won a contract to produce eleven Tuo Chiang Block II corvette and four minelayers for the Taiwanese Navy .[ 3]
Lungteh exhibited at IDEX in 2019 alongside other Taiwanese defense companies.[ 4]
In 2019 Lungteh Shipbuilding launched an 80-ton 28m long high speed catamaran research and test vessel named Glorious Star (光榮之星) for the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology .[ 5]
On May 24, 2019 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen visited Lungteh to highlight the mass production of the Tuo Chiang Block II corvette, dubbed a carrier killer by the press. She gave a speech about asymmetrically countering China’s military with smart military procurement and technological innovation.[ 6]
In August 2020 they launched the first of four high speed minelayers ordered by the Taiwanese Navy.[ 7] [ 8]
Operations
Lungteh has five production facilities in Yilan county and offices in Taipei and Singapore .[ 9]
Lungteh has produced fast ferries, wind farm supply vessels,[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Lungteh is a partner in producing the Multipurpose Assault Craft series of combat boats for the Philippine Navy . The series had four variants as of 2018.[ 13]
In cooperation with ST Engineering Lungteh has produced the Venus 16 unmanned surface vehicle .[ 14]
Along with NCSIST Lungteh has produced the Hui Long-class UUV .[ 15]
See also
References
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