{
  "id": 18141,
  "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/08/hanwha-defense-usa-seeks-to-acquire-austal-usa",
  "title": "Hanwha Defense USA seeks to acquire Austal USA in $1.2B potential deal",
  "summary": "Hanwha’s parent firm previously sought to acquire Austal’s parent company in 2024. Now, the two US arms might merge.",
  "authors": "Diana Stancy",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-08-10T23:38:40.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-11T05:10:37.351Z",
  "source_slug": "x-breaking-defense-ai",
  "source_name": "Breaking Defense (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://breakingdefense.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18141",
  "original_url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/08/hanwha-defense-usa-seeks-to-acquire-austal-usa",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}