Raytheon to deliver 9 Phalanx CIWS to Republic of Korea Navy
Raytheon Company signed a $123 million contract to deliver nine Phalanx
Block 1B Close-In Weapon Systems to the Republic of Korea Navy. Under
the direct commercial sale, the largest ever for the Phalanx program,
Raytheon will deliver the Phalanx systems for installation aboard the
FFX Batch II frigate-class ships and AOE II-class fast combat support
ships.
Rendering of Republic of Korea Navy future Incheon/FFX Batch II frigate-class
Deliveries
will begin in 2016 and are scheduled to be completed in 2022. The contract
was signed during the fourth quarter 2013.
"Phalanx provides the vital protective capabilities needed for
the Republic of Korea Navy to achieve its maritime mission requirements
in the littorals and high seas in which it operates," said Rick
Nelson, vice president of Raytheon's Naval and Area Mission Defense
product line. "Phalanx counters sophisticated subsonic and supersonic
anti-ship missiles while increasing the outer perimeter for ship self-defense."
Phalanx Close-In Weapon System
Picture: Raytheon
About
Phalanx
Phalanx is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20 mm gun system
that automatically acquires, tracks and destroys enemy threats that have
penetrated all other ship defense systems. More than 890 systems have
been built and deployed in the navies of 25 nations.
