WASHINGTON, April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) and Kongsberg have formed a teaming agreement
for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM). The pact represents a second
step in the companies' efforts to offer world-class Offensive
Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) solutions to the many governments
interested in this warfare mission. Raytheon and Kongsberg
formed a similar agreement last year to develop the Joint Strike
Missile, the air-launched version of the NSM.
NSM, in operation today, provides superior strike capability
against land and sea targets with a range in excess of 200
kilometers. It is the main weapon for Norway's new frigates and corvettes,
Poland's land-based coastal
defense, and an NSM was successfully test-fired from the U.S. S.
Coronado littoral combat ship in September
2014. NSM was also a highlight of the 2014 Rim of the
Pacific exercises when it was fired from the Royal Norwegian Navy's
Fridtjof Nansen frigate and scored a direct hit on a target
ship.
"Raytheon and Kongsberg have a proud history of consistent
partnerships to produce and improve the world's most trusted weapon
systems," said Dr. Taylor W.
Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems president. "This
agreement enables us to bring a complete suite of solutions to the
warfighter for the critical OASuW mission."
"We are very pleased to be extending our teaming with Raytheon
to also include the proven NSM," said Harald Annestad, Kongsberg
Defence Systems president. "Together we will be able to leverage
Norway's investment favorably for
all our allies to solve the critical OASuW
mission."
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
About KONGSBERG
KONGSBERG (OSE-ticker: KOG) has more than 7,700 employees
located in 27 countries and revenues of NOK
16.6 billion in 2014. KONGSBERG is an international,
knowledge-based group delivering high technology systems and
solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant
marine, defence and aerospace. For more information:
www.kongsberg.com and Twitter @kongsbergasa.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of $23
billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning
93 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission
systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing;
effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence
systems, as well as cyber security and a broad range of mission
support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit
us at www.raytheon.com and follow us on Twitter @raytheon.
Media Contacts:
Raytheon Missile
Systems
Tara Wood
+1.520.794.7715
rmspr@raytheon.com
Kongsberg Gruppen
Kyrre
Lohne
+ 47 920 60081
kda.office@kongsberg.com
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