Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed a supplemental agreement contract with the Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA) for the ongoing procurement of Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for deliveries to the Norwegian Navy. KONGSBERG appreciates the strong cooperation with the NDMA team and looks forward to continuing these efforts as the company focus on the deliveries to the Norwegian Navy. The value of the contract is MNOK 604 and will increase the total number of delivered NSMs to the Norwegian customer. This contract for additional NSMs is part of the German-Norwegian collaboration for procurement of NSM for the two nations.
The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is an anti-ship and land-attack missile developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA). The original Norwegian name was Nytt sjømålsmissil (literally New sea target missile, indicating that it is the successor of the Penguin missile). The English marketing name Naval Strike Missile was adopted later. According to Kongsberg the NSM/JSM is selected by Norway, Poland, Malaysia, Germany, the United States (as RGM-184), Japan, Romania, Canada, Australia and Spain as of 2022. The Joint Strike Missile (JSM) is a multi-role air-launched version of the NSM currently in development.
