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Navy Budgets For First Eight LCS OTH Missiles

Thursday, February 15th, 2018

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Navy Budgets For First Eight LCS OTH Missiles

The Navy's test of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) on a Littoral Combat Ship in 2018. (Photo: US Navy)

The Navy budgeted $18 million for the first eight Over The Horizon (OTH) missiles for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in its fiscal year 2019 Defense Department budget request.The OTH is intended to help give the LCS and the follow-on future guided-missile frigate, the FFG(X), a longer range anti-ship weapon. The Navy’s Request for Proposals (RFP) was released last year and closed last June.Raytheon [RTN] and Kongberg Gruppen are the likely contract winners, offering their Naval Strike Missile (NSM).Boeing [BA] and…

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