:

Navy/USMC

Kongsberg Announces Second International Missile Factory In Virginia

Tuesday, September 17th, 2024

SHARE:

Kongsberg Announces Second International Missile Factory In Virginia

A Naval Strike Missile in flight. (Photo: Kongsberg)

Norway’s Kongsberg on Tuesday said it will be building a new factory to build and provide support for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and Joint Strike Missiles (JSM) in James City County, Virginia. The company said its decision to locate the new facility in the U.S. was “heavily influenced” by the possibility the Defense Department May award of a multiyear procurement contract to Kongsberg for these missiles. The new facility will assemble, upgrade and repair NSMs and JSMs. The company said…

Budget

House Appropriators Add Restrictions And Reporting Requirement To Battleship, Reject Cut

The chairman’s mark of the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) fiscal year 2027 defense appropriations bill funds the administration’s $1 billion request for the BBG(X) Trump-class battleship, but adds restrictions requiring […]

Congress

House Appropriators Concerned With ‘Risky’ Reconciliation Approach To Fund Munitions, F-35 Plans

The House Appropriations Committee has raised concern with the Trump administration’s “risky” approach to seeking significant fiscal year 2027 funding for key priorities such as critical munitions and F-35 procurement […]

Budget

Lawmakers Push Shipbuilding Accountability And Submarine Reports In House Appropriations Bill

The House Appropriations Committee’s mark of the FY ‘27 defense spending bill includes shipbuilding accountability provisions given increasing cost-to-complete requests and perennially delayed shipbuilding programs. The bill report said that […]

Congress

Six F-35Bs Delivered Without Radars Thus Far, Program Director Says

The U.S. Marine Corps thus far has received six F-35B fighters without radars, as the service waits on Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] delivery of the AN/APG-85 radar, which is to replace […]