AtkinsRéalis and Hanwha Ocean have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on opportunities to strengthen Canada's submarine capabilities and reinforce a resilient Canadian defence industrial base. Aligned with Canada's new Defence Industrial Strategy, the agreement marks an initial step in an ambitious partnership between AtkinsRéalis and Hanwha Ocean and creates a framework for long-term collaboration to explore opportunities supporting Canada's submarine capability, including the sustainment and development of domestic industrial capacity. It combines AtkinsRéalis' deep expertise in submarine infrastructure across the entire lifecycle - including its extensive experience supporting the UK's submarine enterprise - with Hanwha Ocean's proven submarine design and manufacturing capability.

The MoU identifies three areas of intended collaboration: Submarine infrastructure design and delivery across the full platform lifecycle, working alongside government, industry and the Royal Canadian Navy; Supporting the establishment of manufacturing capability in Canada, helping to create the industrial base required for domestic submarine production and related initiatives; Leveraging the strengths, technologies, and industrial capabilities of AtkinsRéalis and Hanwha Ocean in the Nuclear, Power, and wider Defence sectors to generate new strategic collaborative opportunities for Korean and Canadian industry in these high-technology markets. Such collaboration would support Hanwha Ocean's Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) obligations.