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207 Mabuk-ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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Overview
- Summary
- LIG Nex1 Co., Ltd. is a leading South Korean comprehensive defense company established in 1976, specializing in the development and mass production of advanced weapon systems across land, sea, and air domains, including precision-guided munitions, surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control communications, avionics, and electronic warfareLIG Nex1 Co., Ltd. is a leading South Korean comprehensive defense company established in 1976, specializing in the development and mass production of advanced weapon systems across land, sea, and air domains, including precision-guided munitions, surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control communications, avionics, and electronic warfare
- Key Products/Technologies
- Precision Guided Munitions: Cheongung II (medium-range surface-to-air missile) features simultaneous multi-target engagement capability against aircraft and ballistic missiles, direct hit capability using enhanced warheads, and high maneuverability through canard control and thrust vectoring. Raybolt (infantry medium-range guided weapon) is designed for portable and small tactical vehicle mounting, capable of destroying enemy tanks and fixed bunkers, developed independently in Korea. Poniard (2.75-inch guided rocket) is a coastal defense guided weapon against small, high-speed vessels, having successfully passed the U.S. Department of Defense's foreign comparative test. Chiron (portable surface-to-air missile) boasts a 7 km range and Mach 2 target engagement speed with 90% accuracy. Other products include Haeseong (ship-to-ship guided missile), Biryong (ship-to-ship guided missile), RAM (anti-ship missile defense missile), long-range surface-to-air guided missiles, medium-range surface-to-air guided missiles (Cheongung), portable surface-to-air guided missiles (Shingung), short-range surface-to-air guided missiles (Cheonma), hybrid anti-aircraft weapon systems (Biho Complex), surface-to-ship/surface-to-surface guided missiles (130mm guided rocket-II), and medium-range air-to-ground guided missiles (KGGB).Precision Guided Munitions: Cheongung II (medium-range surface-to-air missile) features simultaneous multi-target engagement capability against aircraft and ballistic missiles, direct hit capability using enhanced warheads, and high maneuverability through canard control and thrust vectoring. Raybolt (infantry medium-range guided weapon) is designed for portable and small tactical vehicle mounting, capable of destroying enemy tanks and fixed bunkers, developed independently in Korea. Poniard (2.75-inch guided rocket) is a coastal defense guided weapon against small, high-speed vessels, having successfully passed the U.S. Department of Defense's foreign comparative test. Chiron (portable surface-to-air missile) boasts a 7 km range and Mach 2 target engagement speed with 90% accuracy. Other products include Haeseong (ship-to-ship guided missile), Biryong (ship-to-ship guided missile), RAM (anti-ship missile defense missile), long-range surface-to-air guided missiles, medium-range surface-to-air guided missiles (Cheongung), portable surface-to-air guided missiles (Shingung), short-range surface-to-air guided missiles (Cheonma), hybrid anti-aircraft weapon systems (Biho Complex), surface-to-ship/surface-to-surface guided missiles (130mm guided rocket-II), and medium-range air-to-ground guided missiles (KGGB).
- Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems: Includes radars, sensors, and micro-satellites, producing various radar systems for air defense, surveillance, and target localization. Development of AESA radar for KF-21 fighter jets and ESR-500A X-band AESA radar for FA-50 light combat aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems: Includes radars, sensors, and micro-satellites, producing various radar systems for air defense, surveillance, and target localization. Development of AESA radar for KF-21 fighter jets and ESR-500A X-band AESA radar for FA-50 light combat aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Command, Control, and Communication Systems: Encompasses communication terminals, ground/naval combat systems, data link network management, and interoperability technologies, including the development and production of indigenous military radios like PRC-999K and combat systems.Command, Control, and Communication Systems: Encompasses communication terminals, ground/naval combat systems, data link network management, and interoperability technologies, including the development and production of indigenous military radios like PRC-999K and combat systems.
- Avionics and Electronic Warfare Systems: Avionics equipment supplied includes mission computers, multi-function displays, flight control computers, head-up displays (HUD), and radar altimeters, applied to various aircraft platforms such as KF-21, F-15K, and KF-16. Electronic warfare equipment includes ground, shipborne, and airborne EW systems, anti-drone defense equipment, EW training programs, and direction finding and monitoring systems. Unique domestic experience in demonstrating directional electronic attack technology.Avionics and Electronic Warfare Systems: Avionics equipment supplied includes mission computers, multi-function displays, flight control computers, head-up displays (HUD), and radar altimeters, applied to various aircraft platforms such as KF-21, F-15K, and KF-16. Electronic warfare equipment includes ground, shipborne, and airborne EW systems, anti-drone defense equipment, EW training programs, and direction finding and monitoring systems. Unique domestic experience in demonstrating directional electronic attack technology.
- Unmanned Systems and Future Warfare: Development of various unmanned systems such as 40kg-class transport drones (hybrid propulsion, over 60 min flight, 40kg max payload), multi-purpose unmanned helicopters (VTOL, up to 6 hours flight, 60kg payload), and small reconnaissance & strike drones (EO/IR/LRF sensors, electronic safety-controlled explosive device). Includes unmanned surface vehicles (USV), unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), and ground mobile robots. Development of AI-based autonomous navigation technology for unmanned surface vessels.Unmanned Systems and Future Warfare: Development of various unmanned systems such as 40kg-class transport drones (hybrid propulsion, over 60 min flight, 40kg max payload), multi-purpose unmanned helicopters (VTOL, up to 6 hours flight, 60kg payload), and small reconnaissance & strike drones (EO/IR/LRF sensors, electronic safety-controlled explosive device). Includes unmanned surface vehicles (USV), unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), and ground mobile robots. Development of AI-based autonomous navigation technology for unmanned surface vessels.
- Core Technologies: Enhanced warhead technology, continuous linear control technology, target information processing and management technology, cold launch technology for vertical missile ejection, multi-target simultaneous engagement technology, electronic detection and identification algorithms, digital jamming technology, active jamming equipment, radar jamming and deception techniques, and high-speed processing technology for communication jamming systems.Core Technologies: Enhanced warhead technology, continuous linear control technology, target information processing and management technology, cold launch technology for vertical missile ejection, multi-target simultaneous engagement technology, electronic detection and identification algorithms, digital jamming technology, active jamming equipment, radar jamming and deception techniques, and high-speed processing technology for communication jamming systems.
- Core Advantages
- Extensive Weapon System Portfolio and Total Solution Provision Capability: Possesses capabilities in developing and mass-producing advanced weapon systems across all domains—land, sea, and air—from precision-guided munitions to surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control communications, avionics, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems, offering differentiated total solutions from R&D to production and logistics support.Extensive Weapon System Portfolio and Total Solution Provision Capability: Possesses capabilities in developing and mass-producing advanced weapon systems across all domains—land, sea, and air—from precision-guided munitions to surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control communications, avionics, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems, offering differentiated total solutions from R&D to production and logistics support.
- Top-Tier R&D-Centric Company: Over half of its total employees are researchers, with 60% holding master's or doctoral degrees, making it the largest and highest-level R&D workforce among domestic defense companies. Plays a pivotal role in the digitization of defense through deep expertise in guided munitions, radar, and communication fields.Top-Tier R&D-Centric Company: Over half of its total employees are researchers, with 60% holding master's or doctoral degrees, making it the largest and highest-level R&D workforce among domestic defense companies. Plays a pivotal role in the digitization of defense through deep expertise in guided munitions, radar, and communication fields.
- Leading Advanced Future Technologies: Actively invests in and secures technologies for next-generation weapon development by integrating 4th Industrial Revolution technologies such as aerospace, satellites, unmanned systems, autonomous driving, artificial intelligence (AI), and cyber warfare. Adapts to future battlefield environments through the development of AI-based battlefield management systems and autonomous flight drone technology.Leading Advanced Future Technologies: Actively invests in and secures technologies for next-generation weapon development by integrating 4th Industrial Revolution technologies such as aerospace, satellites, unmanned systems, autonomous driving, artificial intelligence (AI), and cyber warfare. Adapts to future battlefield environments through the development of AI-based battlefield management systems and autonomous flight drone technology.
- Global Market Technical Competitiveness and Customized Development Capability: Recognized for its technological prowess in the global market through successful export cases of major guided weapon systems like Cheongung II, and possesses customized development capabilities to quickly respond to specific customer requirements based on flexible production systems and agile technology development frameworks.Global Market Technical Competitiveness and Customized Development Capability: Recognized for its technological prowess in the global market through successful export cases of major guided weapon systems like Cheongung II, and possesses customized development capabilities to quickly respond to specific customer requirements based on flexible production systems and agile technology development frameworks.
- Quality Innovation and Reliability: Awarded the Presidential Citation at the Defense Quality Management Awards, recognizing its quality innovation capabilities, and obtained DQ Mark certification for products with excellent export potential. Maintains various quality-related certifications including ISO 9001, KSQ 9100, and CMMI Level 5.Quality Innovation and Reliability: Awarded the Presidential Citation at the Defense Quality Management Awards, recognizing its quality innovation capabilities, and obtained DQ Mark certification for products with excellent export potential. Maintains various quality-related certifications including ISO 9001, KSQ 9100, and CMMI Level 5.
- Target Industries
- Defense Industry: Supplies a wide range of advanced weapon systems, including precision-guided munitions, surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control communications, avionics, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems, to the Republic of Korea Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force).Defense Industry: Supplies a wide range of advanced weapon systems, including precision-guided munitions, surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control communications, avionics, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems, to the Republic of Korea Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force).
- Aerospace Industry: Contributes to the aerospace sector through satellite system development and supply of avionics equipment.Aerospace Industry: Contributes to the aerospace sector through satellite system development and supply of avionics equipment.
- Cybersecurity Industry: Contributes to the cybersecurity sector through the development of cyber warfare systems and securing related technologies.Cybersecurity Industry: Contributes to the cybersecurity sector through the development of cyber warfare systems and securing related technologies.
- Major Markets
- North AfricaNorth Africa
- United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, IndonesiaUnited Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Indonesia
- Iraq, Romania, Eastern EuropeIraq, Romania, Eastern Europe
- United StatesUnited States
- ColombiaColombia
- Certifications/Patents
- Holds a total of 2,315 patents.Holds a total of 2,315 patents.
- CMMI Level 5 certification.CMMI Level 5 certification.
- ISO 9001 and KSQ 9100 (Aerospace and Defense Industry Quality Requirements) certifications.ISO 9001 and KSQ 9100 (Aerospace and Defense Industry Quality Requirements) certifications.
- ANSI/ESD S20.20 (International Certification for Electrostatic Discharge Prevention) certification.ANSI/ESD S20.20 (International Certification for Electrostatic Discharge Prevention) certification.
- Awarded the Presidential Citation at the Defense Quality Management Awards (2023).Awarded the Presidential Citation at the Defense Quality Management Awards (2023).
- DQ Mark certification (technology and quality certification for defense products with excellent export potential).DQ Mark certification (technology and quality certification for defense products with excellent export potential).
- Selected as an excellent company for English-language disclosures in the KOSPI market by Korea Exchange (2025).Selected as an excellent company for English-language disclosures in the KOSPI market by Korea Exchange (2025).
- Received the Minister of National Defense Award at the 2025 Korea IT Service Innovation Awards.Received the Minister of National Defense Award at the 2025 Korea IT Service Innovation Awards.
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207 Mabuk-ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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