LIG D&A (LIG Defense&Aerospace) said on the 1st that it successfully completed a demonstration of an intelligent command-and-control system for an unmanned surface vessel (USV).
The demonstration was held on the 27th at Korea Maritime and Ocean University and was attended by LIG D&A Chief Technology Officer Lee Seung-young, along with military officials, the Korea Coast Guard, academia, and defense industry officials.
LIG D&A built a "hybrid simulation" environment by linking maritime assets and a precision simulator in real time via satellite communications, and commanded and controlled maritime assets through an intelligent command-and-control (C2) system.
Four vessels were deployed for the demonstration: the unmanned surface vessels Haegum 3 and Haegum 5 from LIG D&A, as well as two small multipurpose unmanned surface vessels, Haegum S, produced with 3D printing; the simulator environment implemented a manned destroyer and torpedoes.
LIG D&A showcased actual maritime assets carrying out operations under two scenarios—anti-ship warfare and anti-submarine warfare—tailored to a simulator that reproduced multi-domain assets similar to a real battlefield.
In the anti-ship warfare scenario, the situation assumed an enemy surface ship violating the Northern Limit Line (NLL). It showed operations including operational planning, warning fire, destructive fire, and collision attack.
In the anti-submarine warfare scenario, it implemented a seven-step operation from searching through sonobuoy drops and operation of a towed array sonar (TASS) when an enemy submarine infiltrates, to launching a Blue Shark torpedo and confirming a simulated sinking.
In the operational scenario demonstration, LIG D&A showed that the C2 system reduced the time from detection to decision and engagement to about one-tenth of the previous duration.
The C2 system fuses data collected in real time across multiple domains—maritime, air, and satellite—to create a single high-precision operational map and recommends tactical plans in real time to help commanders make quick and accurate decisions.
LIG D&A expects that by implementing the AI solution that supports decision-making in collaboration with U.S.-based Palantir Technologies, it can reflect overseas customers' requirements and boost export competitiveness.
LIG D&A CTO Lee Seung-young said, "Beyond possessing excellent unmanned platforms, integrating them into one and using AI to command and control the battlefield in real time is the true competitiveness of future defense," adding, "We will push for early productization and achieve exports of a global package solution."
A Palantir official said, "We are very pleased to accelerate AI integration with LIG D&A," adding, "This demonstration is the result that proves what the two companies achieved in a short period."