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Kongsberg Offering Its Naval Strike Missile As DDG-51 Surface Warfare Solution

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Friday, May 7th, 2010

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Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg will begin deliveries this year of its Naval Strike Missile (NSM), designed for multiple platform uses and potentially the U.S. Navy, according to a company official. NSM is a predecessor to Kongsberg's Joint Strike Missile (JSM) being developed for Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). "The F-35 variant is slightly longer than NSM...slimmer, in order to fit into the [F-35's] weapons bay," Bjorn Bjune, vice president of business development, told Defense Daily. The additional…

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