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Navy Awards Kongsberg $961 Million Contract For Naval Strike Missiles

Navy Awards Kongsberg $961 Million Contract For Naval Strike Missiles
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) launches a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during the biennial Pacific Griffin exercise as part of a sinking exercise on Oct. 1, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded Norway’s Kongsberg a $961 million multiyear contract for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), also known as the Over the Horizon-Weapons System encanistered missiles. NSMs are currently deployed on both Freedom-variant and Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships, have been tested in Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and planned to be fielded on the under-construction Constellation-class frigate. The Tuesday award did not disclose numbers of the missiles, but it includes options that, if exercised, would raise the total value to $1.14 billion.…

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