A Kongsberg subsidiary will participate in a CAL Analytics-led industry team that secured a $1.6M contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to build and demonstrate a contingency management platform at a Rome, N.Y, test site for unmanned aircraft systems. Kongsberg said Monday its geospatial business will support the CMP development project at Griffiss International Airport in collaboration with four other companies, Oneida County and the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research organization.

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BAE Systems has tapped Kongsberg to design and build up to 150 remote 30-millimeter medium caliber turrets in support of the U.S. Marine Corps' Amphibious Combat Vehicle-30 effort.

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A team consisting of Raytheon and Norwegian aerospace and defense firm Kongsberg expect to conduct a flight test for its Joint Strike Missile on an F-35A fighter jet this year, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday.

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Andy Green, president of Huntington Ingalls Industries“™ technical solutions division and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the move to acquire Kongsberg Maritime“™s Hydroid subsidiary complements HII“™s previous activities in the unmanned underwater vehicles market, the Daily Press reported Tuesday.

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Kongsberg has partnered with Bohemia Interactive Simulations to build simulation platforms for a family of medium caliber turrets and remote weapon stations.

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Kongsberg's Hydroid subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $47.9M contract to support the production of unmanned underwater vehicle systems for the U.S. Navy.

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The U.S. Navy will possibly debut in mid- to late 2019 a new over-the-horizon anti-ship missile jointly developed by Raytheon and Kongsberg Gruppen, Defense News reported Thursday. Lockheed Martin will be in charge of installing the Naval Strike Missile on the service“™s fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship called USS Detroit or LCS-7, as well as […] More

The Norwegian defense ministry has demonstrated an anti-ship missile system developed by a partnership of Raytheon and Norway-based Kongsberg Gruppen. Raytheon said Monday the ministry test-fired the Joint Strike Missile from an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to showcase the weapon’s ability to shift in course and avoid decoy targets as it flew at a low altitude. The […] More

Raytheon has partnered with Kongsberg Gruppen to produce a missile system intended for over-the-horizon defense missions onboard the U.S. Navy‘s littoral combat ships and frigates. The military service picked the companies’ joint Naval Strike Missile offering to support OTH missions under a potential $847.6 million contract, Raytheon said Friday. Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon’s missile systems business, said the team […] More

The government of Japan is looking to purchase long-range missiles for the first time as part of next year’s budget to address national security concerns, CNN reported Friday. The report said a spokesperson from Japan’s defense ministry indicated it will request additional funds in 2018 to procure Lockheed Martin‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles and Joint Air-to-Surface […] More

Kongsberg signed a $39.8 million order to further furnish the U.S. Army with a battle tank remote weapon station system. The company said Friday that it will deliver additional PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station Low Profile Commonly Remotely Operated Weapon Station configuration for the U.S. Army’s M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank spare parts and engineering services […] More

Kongsberg‘s defense and aerospace business has secured an estimated $126.8 million contract from Lithuania’s defense ministry for the delivery of an air defense system that the company jointly developed with Raytheon. The contract covers the delivery of additional equipment, training and integrated logistics support as well as services to refurbish and incorporate components supplied by the […] More