Raytheon, Kongsberg To Co-Develop Naval Strike Missile In US

Zarvan · Jul 13, 2016

A Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is launched from the Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) during a Sept. 23, 2014, test off the coast of Southern California. (US Navy photo)

Raytheon Company and Norway's Kongsberg Defence Systems are in talks to finalize a plan 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.

"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.

"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.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/16...velop_Naval_Strike_Missile_In_US#.V4ZdkCNRXqA

Penguin · Jul 13, 2016

http://www.kongsberg.com/en/kds/products/missilesystems/navalstrikemissile/
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/nsm/

http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/jsm/
http://www.kongsberg.com/en/kds/products/missilesystems/jointstrikemissile/

http://www.janes.com/article/54343/jsm-sub-launched-update

C130 · Jul 13, 2016

we need 16 NSM per LCS.

that would give it the fangs it needs to handle corvettes and frigates.

Penguin · Jul 15, 2016

C130 said:
we need 16 NSM per LCS.

that would give it the fangs it needs to handle corvettes and frigates.

Perhaps better of with some Ingals patrol frigates

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One could easily park two sets of NSM launchers in an extension to the flight deck (similarly recessed as on Norwegian and still have not 1 but 2 sets of ASW tubes in the enclosed stern space. If fitted with a mast with CeaFar/Ceamount, ESSM can be effectively suported too e.g. at least one six-cell Mk48 launcher (12 rounds) to add to 11 Ram of SeaRam.

Or just get some Spanish built AEGIS equipped ships e.g. 5,290 tons Nansen class or 5,800-6,391 tons F100 Álvaro de Bazán class aka RAN Hobart class.