Hanwha Aerospace scheduled an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for September 18 to elect business head Lee Boo-hwan as an inside director.
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STX Engine is a participant in a project targeting completion of a 500-hour sea trial of an ammonia-diesel dual-fuel vessel by August 2026.
MNC Solution's KRW26.54 billion supply contract with Hanwha Aerospace for Egypt F100 HSU KIT is scheduled to end on 28 August 2026.
SNT Dynamics remains scheduled to file its 1H 2026 semiannual report by August 14 after releasing preliminary first-half results on July 31.
Samsung Heavy Industries is due to file its H1 2026 report by August 14, providing the detailed financial disclosures following its July 24 preliminary Q2 results.
Firstec's H1 2026 semiannual report is due by August 14, 2026 under the statutory 45-day reporting timetable.
Hanwha Aerospace is due to file its first-half 2026 semiannual report by August 14, 2026, providing the statutory detailed follow-up to its preliminary Q2 results.
Hanwha Ocean is due to file its 2026 semiannual report by August 14, 2026, which will provide finalized first-half financial statements after its preliminary Q2 release.
Hyundai Rotem is scheduled to re-disclose by August 14 whether it has made a concrete decision on potential defense-business expansion, including the reported integration of Hyundai Wia’s gun-barrel business.
STX Engine is required to file its 2026 interim report for the six months ended June 30 by August 14, 2026, absent a company-specific extension.
Satrec Initiative is expected to file its H1 2026 interim report by August 14, 2026, the 45-day statutory deadline after the June 30 half-year end.
Poongsan's H1 2026 semiannual report remains due by 14 August 2026 and will provide the auditor-reviewed confirmation of its July 31 preliminary results.
No Q2 results were disclosed through 10 August; Intellian’s statutory first-half 2026 filing deadline is 14 August, while a financial calendar estimates the next earnings report for 13 August.
I3 System’s 2026 interim report is due by August 14, correcting the previously flagged August 13 follow-up date.
RFHIC is scheduled to file its H1 2026 semiannual report by the August 14 statutory deadline.
Hanwha Systems is due to file its H1 2026 semi-annual report by 14 August 2026 under Korea's 45-day post-half-year periodic-reporting deadline.
HVM’s 2026 first-half report is due by August 14, 2026, providing the next statutory update on operating results, order backlog, and financing deployment.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is scheduled to file its H1 2026 semiannual report by 14 August under Korea's 45-day periodic-reporting deadline.
Sphere's statutory deadline to file its H1 2026 report, including Q2 results, is 2026-08-14.
Samyang Comtech is due to file its 2026 first-half report by 14 August 2026, the statutory deadline for a calendar-year Korean listed company.
Independent financial calendars list MNC Solution's release of June-quarter 2026 results for 13 August 2026.
RFHIC's July 27 meeting notice specified that the August 11 extraordinary general meeting will vote to authorize retention and disposal of all 245,063 treasury shares for employee compensation.
STX Engine extended the completion date of its KRW33.60 billion Defense Acquisition Program Administration 23-MTU engine-overhaul contract to September 11, 2026.
Hanwha Systems completed its KRW 499.851 billion open-market purchase of Korea Aerospace Industries shares, raising its holding to 4.98%.
Sphere invested KRW 11.79 billion in its wholly owned Singapore subsidiary Sphere Nickel Cobalt to fund nickel-smelter operating and financing costs.
Artisan Partners reported that it had reduced its MNC Solution holding to 1,153,758 shares, or 4.20%, as of 31 July 2026 through market sales for investment-fund recovery.
Hanwha Ocean confirmed that its KHNP-led consortium was selected as preferred bidder for the 800MW Southwest Offshore Wind Expansion Complex Phase 1, while its own contract value remains undecided.
Hanwha Aerospace and its affiliates increased their KAI holding by 1,217,053 shares to 15,490,353 shares, or 15.89%, through Hanwha Systems’ on-market purchases through August 7.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed a KRW 956.0 billion conditional contract to supply engine generators to Corban Energy Group in the United States.
LIG Defense & Aerospace reported preliminary Q2 2026 consolidated revenue of KRW 1.1101 trillion and operating profit of KRW 105.7 billion, up 17.4% and 29.5% year over year, respectively.
LIG Defense & Aerospace reported preliminary consolidated Q2 2026 revenue of KRW 1.1101 trillion and operating profit of KRW 105.7 billion, with period-end order backlog of KRW 24.57 trillion.
Sphere disclosed completion of its KRW 20.32 billion special-alloy supply contract and continued limited disclosure because of the counterparty's confidentiality requirements.
Hanwha Systems called an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for 18 September 2026 to vote on the election of Yang Ki-won and Kim Seung-mo as new inside directors.
Sphere extended the scheduled end date of one KRW 2.61 billion special-alloy supply contract from August 17 to September 30, 2026, with delivery progress of approximately 25%.