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Thursday, September 13, 2012
UK puts Goalkeeper CIWS mountings up for sale
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has advertised the availability of Goalkeeper 30 mm close-in weapon systems (CIWSs) for government-to-government sale as the type's retirement from Royal Navy (RN) service approaches.
With the withdrawal of the final Type 22 frigate in June 2011 and the retirement of the last Invincible-class aircraft carrier in 2014, the number of Goalkeeper mountings in the active fleet will dwindle to just two: those fitted on board the assault ship HMS Bulwark .
Given the disproportionate logistics support and training costs associated with keeping such a small population in service, the MoD has taken the decision to retire Goalkeeper from RN service in 2015.
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