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Raytheon Delivers First High Mobility Launcher For Norway’s NASAMS

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

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Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it delivered the first High Mobility Launcher (HML) for Norway’s National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) to provide Norway with advanced air defense capability. “The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the first international NASAMS customer to receive this highly mobile solution that can be easily rolled on and off a C-130,” said Sanjay Kapoor, vice president of Integrated Air and Missile Defense for Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business. “This is an important milestone for Raytheon…

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