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Raytheon, Kongsberg to build Naval Strike Missiles and launchers in United States

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Naval Defense News - USA, Norway
 
 
 
Raytheon, Kongsberg to build Naval Strike Missiles and launchers in United States
 
Raytheon Company and Norway's Kongsberg Defence Systems are finalizing plans to assemble, integrate and test the Naval Strike Missile in the United States. The two companies also plan to produce NSM launchers in the U.S.
     
  Raytheon Company and Norway's Kongsberg Defence Systems are finalizing plans to assemble, integrate and test the Naval Strike Missile in the United States. The two companies also plan to produce NSM launchers in the U.S.  
(Sept. 23, 2014) - The crew of the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully performed a live-fire demonstration of a Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during missile testing operations off the coast of Southern California, Sept. 23. During the test, the Norwegian-made Kongsberg NSM was launched from the deck of Coronado and scored a direct hit on its intended target, a Mobile Ship Target (MST). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary D. Bell/Released)
     
“NSM production in America is the latest evolution of our decades-long relationship with Kongsberg,” said Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems president. “We will assemble the missile and launchers in the same Raytheon factories where we produce many of the world’s most advanced missiles and other weapons systems.”

Raytheon expects to perform final assembly, integration and test of NSM at the company’s Tucson, Arizona facility. Launchers would be manufactured at Raytheon’s factory in Louisville, Kentucky.

With a range of more than 100 nautical miles, NSM is a long-range, anti-ship missile that provides superior strike capability against land and sea targets. Raytheon and Kongsberg believe NSM is an ideal solution for navies around the globe and the best over-the-horizon missile for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship.
     
Video: Interview on the NSM during Sea Air Space 2016
     
“Warfighters around the globe will benefit from the Kongsberg-Raytheon partnership on NSM,” said Harald Ånnestad, President Kongsberg Defence Systems. “Production of NSM in the United States will secure ramp up and sustainability of NSM, the world`s only Fifth Generation Naval Strike Missile with Land Target capabilities, for the US and our allies. Increased volume of NSM creates and secures jobs in both the US and Norway.”

The companies are also teamed on the development of the Joint Strike Missile and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems also known as NASAMS.

About NSM
Provides excellent penetration capability against enemy air defense systems
Features an advanced Imaging Infrared Seeker with Autonomous Target Recognition
Has high survivability against modern and future air defense systems
Can fly at extremely low sea-skimming altitude, and has terrain-following flight capability

Link to Naval Strike Missile technical datasheet

Link to Independence class Littoral Combat Ship technical datasheet