LIG Nex1 unveils Sea Sword 3 USV

By UAVs, Defense

LIG Nex1 unveils Sea Sword 3 USV

South Korean defence contractor LIG Nex1

unveiled the latest iteration of its unmanned surface vehicle (USV) family, Hae Gum 3 (Sea Sword 3),

at the Defense and Security Expo Korea (DX Korea) 2020 exhibition in Seoul in mid-November.

Sea Sword 3

is being developed under a civilian-military technology co-operation project led by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) Institute of Civil-Military Technology Cooperation (ICMTC).

The USV

has been optimised for coastal operations and can be used to perform various types of missions

with the appropriate mission equipment, including a surveillance and reconnaissance suite.

It will also incorporate artificial intelligence (AI)-driven autonomous navigation/obstacle avoidance technology.
The displacement and physical characteristics of the Sea Sword 3 USV

are understood to be comparable with that of the Sea Sword 2.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/lig-nex1-unveils-sea-sword-3-usv

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