2019/11/04 Forecast International: KONGSBERG TO DELIVER MOBILE GROUND BASED AIR DEFENSE TO THE NORWEGIAN ARMY
OSLO -- Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency worth NOK 583 million ($64 million) to deliver Mobile Ground Based Air Defense to the Norwegian Army. The Army Mobile Ground Based Air Defense System was first presented by the Defence Minster in February 2017 as a direct acquisition process with Kongsberg.The Army Mobile Ground Based Air Defense System is a highly mobile, short-range air defense system that will reuse key capabilities from the NASAMS system to include its command and control and unique network solutions.
In addition to elements from the NASAMS, this highly mobile air defense system includes the IRIS-T missile from Diehl Defence GmbH and a radar from Weibel Scientific A/S.
"The Army Mobile Ground Based Air Defense System provides the Norwegian Army a unique capability to provide air defence throughout their maneuver operations. We are very pleased that the addition of the Army Mobile Ground Based Air Defense System in the Norwegian forces, along with the existing NASAMS air defense system, provides both the Norwegian Army and the Air Force extremely advanced air defense systems from Kongsberg," said Eirik Lie, President Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS.
