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Kongsberg to Supply Naval Strike Missiles to US Navy
March 9, 2020 @ 02:27 PMRaytheon has awarded Kongsberg a contract to supply Naval Strike Missiles to the US Navy. “Kongsberg has signed a contract with Raytheon Missile Systems for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) to the US Navy Over-The-Horizon Weapon System (OTH WS) program worth 203 MNOK ($21
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Denmark to Integrate Kongsberg's Protector RWS On Piranha Military Vehicles
December 10, 2019 @ 08:57 AMDanish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has contracted Kongsberg for its Protector Remote Weapon Station (RWS) for integration onto the Army's Piranha V 8x8 vehicles. The contract amounts to 270 MNOK ($29
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Kongsberg to Supply Swiss Army With Protector RWS
December 3, 2019 @ 01:38 PMKongsberg has won a contract worth 230MNOK ($25.06 million) to supply the Swiss army with Protector Remote Weapon Station (RWS)
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Japan Acquires Joint Strike Missiles for F-35 Jets
November 12, 2019 @ 07:29 AMJapan has placed an order valued 450MNOK ($49.2 million) with Kongsberg for the supply for Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs) for its fleet of F-35 fighter jets
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Kongsberg Certified to Perform MRO Works of Lockheed F-16s
November 1, 2019 @ 09:08 AMLockheed Martin has certified Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services (KAMS) to perform Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) works of F-16 Falcon jets. On 14 October, Susan Ouzts, Vice President of F-16 of LM certified KAMS as the first Falcon Depot
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SAIC Picks Kongberg’s Turret for US Marines’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicles
October 22, 2019 @ 08:22 AMScience Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has selected Kongsberg to design and manufacture an advanced, remote medium caliber turret for United States Marine Corps Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV). The solution includes CORTEX ICS vetronics and combat services solutions for SAICs Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) offering to the Office of Naval Research and the United States Marine Corps, Kongsberg said in a statement Monday
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US Army to test new Precision Strike Missile
October 15, 2019 @ 07:08 AMThe United States Army is scheduled to test a new Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) which will reportedly be capable of achieving greater ranges than current technology, in this month. The PrSM will be a surface-to-surface, all weather, precision-strike guided missile, which will be developed and fielded to engage a variety of targets at extended ranges, according to the Army Acquisition Support Center
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General Dynamics, Kongsberg Develop 30mm Turret for US Army’s Stryker A1
October 15, 2019 @ 06:40 AMGeneral Dynamics and Kongsberg have jointly developed a 30mm turret for integration onto US Armys Stryker A1 infantry carrier vehicles. According to Kongsberg, the Army Requirements Oversight Council decided in the spring to apply the 30mm Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) to the Stryker A1
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Indian Troops to Shoot Down Pak Drones in its Airspace After Mysterious...
September 27, 2019 @ 09:29 AMFollowing mysterious airdrop of ammunition, grenades, rifles and fake currency in the Indo-Pakistan border state of Punjab on Sunday, Indias Border Security Force (BSF) has asked its troops to shoot down any drone intruding into Indian airspace. The BSF guards the 180km of the International Border (IB) with Pakistan along with the Indian army
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Kongsberg Unveils Vanguard Naval Vessel
September 27, 2019 @ 07:39 AMKongsberg unveiled a new naval ship design called Vanguard on Thursday. The boat can be used for both military and civilian operations, such as Search & Rescue, Harbor and Assets Protection, Subsea Survey, Exercising Authority and Sovereignty, Anti-Access/Area-Denial, Anti-Submarine Warfare and Mine Clearance, and Detection and Disposal
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Kongsberg Wins $185.5M To Supply NASAMS Components To Australia
June 20, 2019 @ 07:47 AMNorwegian company Kongsberg has won a 1.6 billion NOK ($185
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India Likely To Buy NASAMS-II For $1 Billion To Shield New Delhi...
June 10, 2019 @ 06:26 AMIndia is likely to acquire National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) from the US for an estimated $1 billion (INR 6,000 Crore) in order to erect a multi-layered missile shield over New Delhi, in order to protect the capital against 9/11-type attacks. “The networked system, capable of even shooting around buildings, will take care of 9/11-like and other close-in threats,” sources from the defense ministry told
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Ukraine tests Neptune coastal missile system
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Japan Deploys Type 12, Type 03 Air Defense Systems to Miyako Island
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Estonia Receives 128 Raytheon Javelin Anti-tank Missiles
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Saab to Supply Water-bombing Aircraft to Sweden
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Chinese Military Docs Develop Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine
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Russia’s Buk-M3 Air Defense System to Debut at Victory Day Parade
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China Replaces Russian Engine in J-10C Jet With Locally-made WS-10 Taihang
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Venezuelan Maritime Patrol Boat Sinks After Collision With Portuguese Cruise Ship
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Land of the Blazing Guns: Japan’s Quest for Advanced Weapons
After laying to rest its pacifist post-World War II posture since the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to...
Mixing Business with Pressure: Chinese Arms Sales in South East Asia
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US, Europe Arms Embargo to Derail Several Turkish Procurement Programs
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Unconventional Military Hardware from Iran
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