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State Department Approves Sale Of Naval Strike Missile To Latvia

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023

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State Department Approves Sale Of Naval Strike Missile To Latvia

A Naval Strike Missile in flight. (Photo: Kongsberg)

The State Department on Tuesday approved he potential sale of a Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System to Latvia to protect itself in the Baltic Sea domain. The sale is potentially worth $110 million. The foreign military sale announcement says the principal contractor has yet to be determined. Norway’s Kongsberg developed the Naval Strike Missile and Raytheon Technologies [RTX] is teamed with Kongsberg to sell the system in the U.S. Raytheon builds launchers for the Naval Strike Missile in the…

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