Yong-Wang class unmanned aerial vehicle carrier

Yong-Wang class

Class overview
Name:	Yong-Wang class unmanned aerial vehicle carrier
Builders:	Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.
Operators:	Joseon
Cost:	2.5 billion NSD $
Built:	2021-
In service:	2024-present
Planned:	17
Completed:	5
Active:	1
General characteristics
Class and type:	Drone carrier
Displacement:	23,000 tons, full load
Length:	215 m
Beam:	41 m
Draft:	8.5 m
Propulsion:	CODLOG
Speed:	32 knots(Maximum speed)
Range:	12,964 km
Complement:	40(Crews)+124(Airwing)
Sensors and processing systems:	4 X S-Band AESA Radars
Electronic warfare & decoys:	LIG Nex1 SLQ-200(V)K SONATA ESM/ECM
Armament:	Mk. 41 VLS cells x 16 Cells 20mm CIWS x 4 THEL Turrets x 4 K-6 12.7mm Heavy Machine Guns x 6 M134 7.62mm Gatling gun x 2 Torpedo Deception System
Armour:	Classified
Aircraft carried:	24 UAVs or UCAVs + 6-12 Helicopters

The Yong-Wang class unmanned aerial vehicle carrier is a ship designed and built to use aerial and maritime drones to perform sea blockings, air missions, anti-submarine missions, fleet battles, and more. The Yong-Wang class is one of the results of a project implemented by the Royal Joseon Armed Forces to prepare for future wars using drones as military drones gradually expand their role on the battlefield.

The Yong-Wang class is a type of drone carrier that acts as an operation and resupply platform for aerial and maritime drones and acts as a mothership to closely connect drones and control them. The operation and control of drones require human crew intervention, but artificial intelligence assists humans in combat assistance, battlefield environment analysis, and the operation of internal facilities of ships. In particular, since there are many areas where artificial intelligence(AI) is in charge of operating facilities inside ships, the Yong-Wang class can operate smoothly with only 40 crew members.

Description

Air operational capability

Aerial wings

• 1 Air combat UCAV squadron (12 Aircraft. KMAQ-2 UCAV) + 1 Strike mission UCAV squadron (12 Aircraft. RAQ-39B Clarion)
• 1 Anti-Submarine warfare helicopter squadron (8 Helicopters. NUH-1)

Or

• 2 Air combat UCAV squadrons (24 Aircraft. AQ-46A Storm Petrel)
• 1 Anti-Submarine warfare helicopter squadron (8 Helicopters. NUH-1)

Unmanned surface vehicles

• 4 X Cheongsaechi-Class unmanned surface vessel

Unmanned underwater vehicles

• 4 X Barracuda-Class autonomous underwater vehicle