Longtime partners Kongsberg and Raytheon Missiles & Defense were awarded a 410 million euro (US$489.72 million) contract by Hungary for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as NASAMS. Hungary becomes the sixth NATO nation and the 12th country in the world to acquire NASAMS, a highly adaptable medium-range solution for a variety of operational air defence requirements. Selecting NASAMS and becoming part of the greater NASAMS family allows Hungary to take advantage of the active production line – ensuring rapid delivery and competitive pricing for Hungary’s armed forces. The program enables long term industrial cooperation between Hungarian and Norwegian industry.
“With NASAMS Hungary will employ the most modern and capable medium-range air defence system in the world. NASAMS’ modularity and open architecture enables a continuous introduction of new technology ensuring that the system can be adapted to new threats and missions throughout its lifetime. The contract is a continued success of our cooperation with Raytheon Missiles & Defense in the air defence market,” said Eirik Lie, president of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.
The air defence solution is comprised of Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s AMRAAM and AMRAAM-ER missiles and Sentinel radar, and Kongsberg’s Fire Distribution Center (FDC) and canister launcher. NASAMS offers air defenders the proven effectiveness of the AMRAAM missile which is in the inventory of 39 countries. Sentinel is a proven air defence radar deployed by more than 18 countries and has been evolved to address the C-UAS threat.
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