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Home» News»LIG Nex 1 opens new Goalkeeper maintenance facility
LIG Nex1 officially opened a new Goalkeeper CIWS maintenance facility at the company’s Gumi plant on Tuesday, April 16. The ceremony was attended by Kwon Byung-Hyun, LIG Next 1 Production Division General Manager and Geert van der Molen, Vice-President of Thales Netherland.
Goalkeeper CIWS (Credit: Thales)

LIG Nex 1 opens new Goalkeeper maintenance facility

LIG Nex1 officially opened a new Goalkeeper CIWS maintenance facility at the company’s Gumi plant on Tuesday, April 16. The ceremony was attended by Kwon Byung-Hyun, LIG Next 1 Production Division General Manager and Geert van der Molen, Vice-President of Thales Netherland.

Nathan Gain 24 Apr 2019

« As weapon systems become more sophisticated, ensuring stable maintenance capabilities is becoming an important task, » LIG Nex 1 stated. As of now, LIG Nex 1 teams are able «  to reduce the time and expense required for Goalkeeper support costs, » it added.

In 2006, LIG ​​Nex1 signed a contract with the South Korean company Jiaxing to set up a joint venture company for the RoK Navy Goalkeeper systems support. In 2006, it transferred technical experience and technology to the original company, Thales Netherland.

LIG Nex1 officially opened a new Goalkeeper CIWS maintenance facility at the company’s Gumi plant on Tuesday, April 16. The ceremony was attended by Kwon Byung-Hyun, LIG Next 1 Production Division General Manager and Geert van der Molen, Vice-President of Thales Netherland.
Opening ceremony of LIG Nex 1 new Goalkeeper CIWS maintenance facility (Credit: LIG Nex 1)

The RoK Navy currently operates the Goalkeeper CIWS on four types of ships: the Gwanggaeto the Great-class, Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class and Sejong the Great-class destroyers as well as on the Dokdo-class LHD/LPH vessels. 

Development of the Goalkeeper system began in 1975 with Hollandse Signaal, now Thales Nederland). It mainly flies on the GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm cannon, a 2D I band search radar and a tracking radar operating in both I band and K band. 

Goalkeeper LIG Nex1 ROK Navy South Korea Thales Nederland 2019-04-24
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Posted by : Nathan Gain
Nathan is based in Namur, Belgium. He holds an MA in modern history with a minor in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL – Belgium). Fascinated by military history he naturally turned to the defense sector after graduating and is particularly interested in Northern European and Belgian defense issues as well as in anything related to naval aviation.

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