Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace has secured a $960.8 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy to provide the service branch with Naval Strike Missiles over a five-year period.
The Naval Sea Systems Command said Tuesday the Over the Horizon – Weapons System NSM will help boost coastline defense, deterrence and interoperability as well as ensure long range anti-surface offensive strike capability for the United States and its allies.
According to a Department of Defense release, the contract has options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $1.14 billion and extend the performance period until May 2031. Work will be conducted in Kongsberg, Norway, and other international locations.
“This Over the Horizon – Weapons System contract will help ensure our Navy is ready to preserve the peace, respond in crisis, and win decisively in conflict if called,” said Rear Adm. Tom Dickinson, Program Executive Officer, Integrated Warfare Systems. “It supports ongoing efforts to put more munitions on more platforms in more places to prevail on a globalized battlefield.”
About the Naval Strike Missile
The NSM is an anti-ship missile that serves as the centerpiece of the Navy’s OTH-WS Program. It offers high operational performance and survivability against all enemy defense systems,
The missile is being installed on littoral combat ships and Constellation-class frigates, and is on tract to become a key component of the Marine Corps’ Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, Program.
