ADEX 2025: LIG Nex1 unveils G-Sword unmanned ground vehicle
LIG Nex1 showcased its G-Sword UGV at ADEX 2025. (Janes/Sunil Nair)
LIG Nex1 is developing a combat unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) armed with a remote-controlled weapon station (RCWS) and the Raybolt anti-tank guided missile (ATGM).
The company has described its new tracked G-Sword UGV – unveiled at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2025, which ended on 24 October – as a concept hybrid-electric vehicle fitted with a three-barrel Gatling gun.
LIG Nex1 said the UGV has a weight of about 3 tonnes, a maximum onroad speed of 50 km/h, and a cruising range of about 300 km. Details about the UGV's engine were not provided.
The RCWS, developed by LIG Nex1, has an ammunition capacity of 400 rounds and a reported rate of fire of 1,200 rds/min. The system can fire high-explosive (HE), armour-piercing (AP), or target practice (TP) rounds. It has an engagement range of 2 km against anti-personnel targets and 1.2 km against aerial targets.
The UGV was displayed at ADEX 2025 equipped with LIG Nex1's Raybolt lock-on-before-launch, fire-and-forget ATGM.
The vehicle was also displayed equipped with sensors that Janes assesses could be used for terrain scanning to help the UGV manoeuvre across challenging surfaces. It can be operated remotely via a control console, can navigate autonomously along pre-planned routes, or automatically track a designated vehicle or soldier.
The company intends to offer the G-Sword equipped with modular payloads for ground-based integrated close-in air defence, coastal surveillance, reconnaissance, fire-support roles, and critical infrastructure surveillance.
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