Netherlands to replace Goalkeeper CIWS with RIM-116 and DART

Netherlands has laid out its plan to replace the aging Goalkeeper close-in weapon system (CIWS) with a new solution that consists of the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) with the Leonardo DART (Driven Ammunition Reduced Time of flight) 76 mm guided ammunition.

Goalkeeper CIWS Gun Opens Fire During Exercise at Sea MOD 45151583

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The new system will allow Royal Netherlands Navy warships to react against incoming missiles as well as surface threats such as fast inshore attack craft, Jane’s said.

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