Installation of a replacement close-in-weapon system (CIWS) on the main surface warships of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has been delayed. According to the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD), ...

A South Korean firm has emerged triumphant in a two-horse race to develop a new close-in weapon system for the South Korean navy. The Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) future close-in weapon system ...

LIG Nex1 has received the highest score in the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN)’s preliminary evaluation process for its close-in weapon system (CIWS)-II program, according to the Seoul Economic Daily.

TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa is pictured in late February with a new gun system installed in the place of its usual aft gun turret. While the whole gun turret and the associated radar and other sensor ...

(East China Sea) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) conduct a live fire shoot of a close-in weapon system (CIWS).

HMAS Supply conducts CIWS firing trials during a regional presence deployment. (Photo: Royal Australian Navy) The Royal Australian Navy's Supply-class replenishment oiler, HMAS Supply, has fired live ...

LIG Nex1 is developing the Close-In Weapons System (CIWS)-II for ground use. CIWS is a weapon system that acts as the last line of defense when enemy missiles penetrate the defense shields of ...

The U.S. Navy is pursuing a massive, fleet-wide upgrade of a shipboard defensive weapon designed to intercept and destroy approaching or nearby threats such as enemy small boats, cruise missiles and ...

The Navy plans to further upgrade, integrate and “fire-off” its SeaRAM ship defense deck-fired interceptor weapon now arming a wide range of its surface fleet. The SeaRAM weapons system, designed to ...

An MK 15 Baseline 2 Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS). (Photo: U.S. Navy) The Navy is conducting another round of research to determine potential sources that can manufacture the terminal defense ...

LIG Nex1 will participate in the International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition 2021 to showcase its advanced close-in weapons system, or CIWS, specialized to the South Korean Navy. Currently, the ...

Raytheon Co. RTN has secured a U.S. Navy contract to continue to provide conversion, system overhaul and upgrade services as well as related hardware for MK 15 Close-In Weapon Systems or CIWS. This ...