LIG Nex1 will carry out system integration development of the M-SAM Block-III, a medium-range surface-to-air guided weapon, through 2030.
LIG Nex1 disclosed on the 11th that it signed a contract worth 216.6 billion won with the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) for M-SAM Block-III system integration and prototype development of the operations and engagement control center, among others.
The M-SAM Block-III system development led by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) is a project to gradually enhance the performance of the existing surface-to-air missiles Cheongung and Cheongung-II and build a system that intercepts enemy aircraft or missiles at higher altitudes.
The research and development aims to secure a completed medium-range surface-to-air guided weapon system with significantly improved interception performance and engagement capability.
LIG Nex1 expects that once the M-SAM Block-III is fielded, it will further strengthen the lower-tier interception capability in the terminal phase of the Korea Air and Missile Defense (KAMD). It also expects that, together with Cheongung-II, L-SAM, and L-SAM-II, it will complete an in-atmosphere multilayered defense network with indigenous weapons systems and demonstrate the excellence of Korea's defense science and technology.
In particular, many domestic corporations, including LIG Nex1, are participating in this development program, which is expected to have significant economic and industrial ripple effects and to contribute to the development of the defense industry through exports. LIG Nex1 said, "We plan to marshal our accumulated development, mass production, and export experience and technical capabilities to contribute to the successful development of the M-SAM Block-III."