Kongsberg Defence Australia has delivered the final Fire Distribution Centre (FDC) for the Australian Army's National Advanced Surface to Air Missile Systems (NASAMS). The final FDC delivery to Raytheon Australia was the last of the major end items being provided by Kongsberg as part of the project.
The Army is procuring NASAMS as part of Project Land 19 Phase 7B.
As part of this project, Kongsberg Defence Australia has supported Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (KDA) and prime contractor, Raytheon Australia, to deliver the new Short-Range Ground-Based Air Defence capability to the Australian Army.
This milestone was recognised by Kongsberg and Raytheon Australia personnel at a recent event at the Raytheon Australia Centre for Joint Integration alongside several Australian suppliers including REDARC Defence and Space, CEA Technologies, Daronmont Technologies, Defence Coating Systems, Milspec Manufacturing and Eylex.
“This final delivery marks the end of the NASAMS production activities for Army," said John Fry the General Manager of Kongsberg Defence Australia.
"Amidst the COVID19 pandemic, we successfully established the only NASAMS production capability outside of Norway. This was enabled through the dedicated support of KDA and the development of productive relationships with our local suppliers."
The NASAMS configuration delivered to Army provides significant opportunity for further growth to address an even greater portion of an evolving threat spectrum KDA stated.
“As we now move into the sustainment phase, we look forward to continuing to support KDA, Raytheon Australia, CEA
Technologies, and Army in the operation and ongoing development of this very important capability," Fry added.