Yong-Wang class unmanned aerial vehicle carrier
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Yong-Wang class unmanned aerial vehicle carrier |
| Builders: | Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. |
| Operators: |
 Joseon |
| Cost: | 4.0 billion NSD $ |
| Built: | 2021- |
| In service: | 2023-present |
| Planned: | 19 |
| Building: | 8 |
| Completed: | 10 |
| Active: | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Drone carrier |
| Displacement: | 29,000 tons, full load |
| Length: | 215 m |
| Beam: | 41 m |
| Draft: | 8.5 m |
| Propulsion: | CODLOG, Pump-jet |
| Speed: | 32 knots(Maximum speed) |
| Range: | 12,964 km |
| Complement: | 50(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: |
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| 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 50 crew members.
Description
Design
Yong-Wang class has unmanned much of the ship's maintenance. The ship's AI and management systems are responsible for many areas, ranging from rearmament, turbine system/combustion Technician, fuel and supplies, steering, computerized work, and cleaning. The Yong-Wang class's internal structure was designed to optimize these unmanned operations, and as a result, human crews are only responsible for some areas, such as command, aviation, and special operations.
Yong-Wang class has a Trimaran structure. This allows the Yong-Wang class to sail faster and more reliably through the waves. In addition, the trimaran structure has a significant effect on suppressing motion sickness in sailors. Also, Yong-Wang class adopts a stealth form, so it is detected as a smaller vessel on the radar. The Navy's experiments have shown that the Yong-Wang class is detected as the size of a small ship with a displacement of 500 tons on a typical S-Band AESA radar.
Defense capability
Air/Sea operational capability
Aerial wings
- 1 Air combat UCAV squadron (12 Aircraft. KMAQ-2 Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) + 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 or KMAQ-2 Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle)
- 1 Anti-Submarine warfare helicopter squadron (8 Helicopters. NUH-1)
Unmanned surface vehicles
Unmanned underwater vehicles
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