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Home» News»Raytheon to supply NSM Coastal Defense System to Romania
Raytheon to supply NSM Coastal Defense System to Romania
NSM Coastal Missile System (Kongsberg image)

Raytheon to supply NSM Coastal Defense System to Romania

On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that Raytheon Technologies will supply Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System to the Romanian government as part of a possible $217.1 million U.S. Navy contract.

Naval News Staff 06 Jan 2023

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $208,736,138 firm-fixed-price contract for the Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System for the Republic of Romania. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would increase the total value to $217,136,549.

The work will be performed in Kongsberg, Norway (60%); Tucson, Arizona (34%); Schrobenhausen, Germany (2%); Raufoss, Norway (1%); and various other locations each less than 1% (3%), and is expected to be completed by September 2028.

Foreign Military Sales (Romania) funds in the amount of $208,736,138 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

About Naval Strike Missile (NSM)

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Naval Strike Missile (Kongsberg image)

The Naval Strike Missile is a long-range, precision strike weapon that seeks and destroys enemy ships at distances greater than 100 nautical miles. It uses Inertial, GPS and terrain-reference navigation and imaging infrared homing (with a target database aboard the missile).

The NSM is a very flexible system, which can be launched from a variety of platforms against a variety of targets on sea and land.

The airframe design and the high thrust-to-weight ratio give the NSM extremely good maneuverability. The missile is completely passive and has proven its excellent sea-skimming capabilities and with its advanced terminal maneuvers, it will survive the enemy air defenses. The Autonomous Target Recognition (ATR) of the seeker ensures that the correct target is detected, recognized, and hit, at sea or on land.

The NSM is a fifth-generation anti-ship missile, produced by Kongsberg and managed in the U.S. by Raytheon. NSM reached Initial Operational Capability on the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates and the Norwegian Skjold Class corvettes in 2012.

The Netherlands became the 11th and latest customer of the Naval Strike Missile in December 2022, joining the navies of Norway, Poland, Malaysia, Germany, United States (for both the US Navy and USMC), Romania, Canada, Australia, Spain and the UK.

TECHNICAL DATA

  • Speed: 0.7 – 0.9 Mach
  • Weight: 407 kg (897 lbs)
  • Length: 3,96 m (156 inches)
  • Multi-mission: Sea and land targets
  • Range: >100 nm
  • Responsive: Rapid automated mission planning – short reaction time
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