Berlin Becomes Hanwha's European Defense Hub
South Korean aerospace and defense company Hanwha Aerospace has officially established Hanwha Defence Deutschland GmbH (HDD) in Berlin, signaling a serious long-term commitment to the German and European defense market.
The new Berlin-based subsidiary is designed to position Germany as Hanwha's central European hub for defense activities, industrial cooperation, and capability delivery. According to reporting by Hartpunkt, the company sees Germany as one of Europe's most important defense markets, offering strong conditions for innovation and long-term investment.
HDD's Managing Director Thorsten Kutz put it plainly: the new entity is meant to be "the German face" of Hanwha, serving both the domestic industry and the Bundeswehr.
The company's product portfolio for Germany will cover ammunition, air defense, artillery, and long-range precision weapons. A key priority is closing existing capability gaps quickly, leveraging available production capacity to ensure readiness from day one.
In the coming months, HDD plans to invest heavily in staffing, infrastructure, and local partnerships, with a focus on collaboration with German defense suppliers. Hanwha is also in advanced discussions with several German states about building additional production capacity on German soil.
The Berlin move is part of a broader European push. Hanwha has already set up a ballistic missile production joint venture in Poland, is building a self-propelled artillery manufacturing site in Romania, and is driving new investment initiatives in Estonia.
As a company from South Korea, a NATO partner nation in the Indo-Pacific 4 group, Hanwha frames its expansion as a direct contribution to strengthening NATO's collective defense capabilities at a critical moment in European security.
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