South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) plans to fast-forward a programme to construct hovercraft for the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) in a bid to support local industry. DAPA said in a statement on 9 February that the project to build two additional high-speed hovercraft landing ships under the continuing LSF-II - or Kite 631 - programme would be brought forward by one year to support delivery by 2021. It added that the move would " help the shipbuilding industry in Busan to revive [its] stagnant economy" and bolster the RoKN's amphibious capabilities.
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