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Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract for Kongsberg JSM Integration on F-35 Aircraft.
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Lockheed
Martin Awarded Contract for Kongsberg JSM Integration on F-35 Aircraft |
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The
U.S. Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin is being awarded
a $35,6 million delivery order to complete a Joint Strike Missile (JSM,
the air launched variant of the NSM - Naval Strike Missile)
risk reduction and integration study on the F-35 Air System for the
Government of Norway. |
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 Artist Impression: An F-35 launching two JSM anti-ship missiles. Image: Kongsberg |
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The
objectives of the study are to further mature JSM weapon design and
to ensure compatibility of the weapon with the F-35. Work will be performed
in Fort Worth, Texas (50 percent) and Kongsberg, Norway (50 percent),
and is expected to be completed in March 2018. International partner
funds in the amount of $10,000,000 are being obligated on this award,
none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The
Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting
activity. |
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 On 27 February 2013 Lockheed Martin carried out the first external fit check of the JSM on an F-35. (Photo: Lockheed Martin) |
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Accoding
to the Norwegian Ministry of Defence JSM is the only long-range anti-surface
missile that is specifically designed to fit within the internal weapons
bay of the F-35, and is being developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg
in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The missile provides
the F-35 with operational characteristics, and enables it to fight the
objects protected by advanced defense systems. This is vital in order
to be able to perform all types of operations in the defense of Norway.
JSM is scheduled to undergo a "Critical Design Review" in
summer 2013, which will confirm that the design is sufficiently mature
to be able to continue the integration efforts and that the missile
is able to be a formal candidate for integration on the F-35. Link to NSM/JSM technical datasheet |
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 Joint Strike Missile (JSM) in the internal carriage bay of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft |