Raytheon and Norwegian Kongsberg have formed a teaming agreement for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM). The pact represents a second step in th...
Raytheon and Kongsberg formed a similar agreement last year to develop the Joint Strike Missile, the air-launched version of the NSM.
NSM, in operation today, provides superior strike capability against land and sea targets with a range in excess of 200 kilometers. It is the main weapon for Norway's new frigates and corvettes,Poland's land-based coastal defense, and an NSM was successfully test-fired from the U.S. S. Coronado littoral combat ship in September 2014.
NSM was also a highlight of the 2014 Rim of the Pacific exercises when it was fired from the Royal Norwegian Navy's Fridtjof Nansen frigate and scored a direct hit on a target ship.
The NSM features an advanced Imaging Infrared Seeker with Autonomous Target Recognition and has high survivability against modern and future air defense systems. It can fly at extremely low sea-skimming altitude, and has terrain-following flight capability.
The JSM can be carried externally and internally in the bomb bay of the Lockheed Martin F-35.
