The US Marine Corps’ top modernization priority is fulfilling the requirement for a ground-based anti-ship missile capability. The operational requirement for this ship-killing capability is a relatively new development stemming from the Commandant’s Planning Guidance and the Corps’ Force Design 2030 efforts.
The Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) is set to become operational in 2023, Naval News has learned from Marine Corps Systems Command, the acquisition command of the United States Marine Corps.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has entered into contracts with Norway and Germany to deliver ORCCA™ combat system elements to the six new 212CD submarines, and the Naval Strike Missile to the two nations’ Navies.
On June 23, 2021, the German Parliament - Bundestag - approved a defense budget of approximately €50.3 billion for 2022, described as historic by Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. This approval has made it possible to proceed with numerous naval programs.
The government of Romania signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to purchase the Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System, or NSM CDS.
Here is NavalNews.com's ninth monthly report (October 2019). Naval News Monthly Reports are video round ups of the most read naval defense news articles we published in the past month.
Following its recent test from a Littoral Combat Ship, Naval News reached out to NAVSEA to ask if the next generation anti-ship missile of the U.S. Navy already has its "RGM" designation...
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Oct. 1 (local date) during Pacific Griffin.
Day 1 at DSEI 2019, the defense exhibition held in London, UK. Our day 1 naval news coverage at the show includes:
Kongsberg is actively pitching its helicopter-launched variant of the Naval Strike Missile, officially dubbed NSM-HL. According to Kongsberg, the NSM-HL missile is designed « to fill the role as a long-range, anti-ship missile for helicopter launch, thus increasing the parent ship’s potential ASuW capabilities when launching forward firing, deliberate attacks ».
