Norway conducts NASAMS live firing demonstration
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) has conducted a NASAMS demonstration at Andøya Rocket Range in northern Norway as part of an annual exercise using operational materiel. Kongsberg detailed the firings in a 16 June company statement.
The demonstration saw four AMRAAM missiles fired in both single- and cluster modes at small targets manoeuvring at extremely low to medium altitudes above sea.
The RNoAF has played an active role in the development of the NASAMS system. The system consist of the C2 node named the Fire Distribution Centre, an active sensor AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel radar, a passive Electro Optical Sensor and Canister or High Mobility Launchers with up to six missiles.
The NASAMS II system is fielded and proven and offers plug and fight capability and seamless integration to national and coalition forces through an extensive list of available tactical data links. The Network Centric system, with distributed architecture where the components are deployed at different and dispersed locations, ensures unchallenged survivability and shoot-down-potential. The extensive test and tactical live fire programmes accumulate to date a Pkill of more than 90% against a variety of targets and profiles in challenging scenarios.
Harald Ånnestad, president, Kongsberg Defence Systems, said: ‘We have seen over the recent years that the evolution of NASAMS with the flexibility we offer through Raytheon's Family of Missiles to meet current and future threats is a solution that attracts customers.’
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