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State Department Approves Potential $3 Billion NASAMS Deal With Kuwait

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 6th, 2022

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State Department Approves Potential $3 Billion NASAMS Deal With Kuwait

NASAMS Live Fire Exercise Photo: Raytheon

The State Department has approved a potential $3 billion deal with Kuwait for the National Advanced Surface-To-Air Missile System (NASAMS) medium range air defense system. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Thursday of the new foreign military sale. Raytheon Missiles and Defense [RTX] and Norway’s Kongsberg jointly developed the NASAMS air defense system, which brings together Raytheon’s Sentinel radar and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles with Kongsberg’s Fire Distribution Center. Under the deal, Kuwait would specifically receive…

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