Navy anticipates NSM multiyear award in August, but is unable to advance similar SM-6 deal

By Nick Wilson / July 11, 2024 at 3:20 PM
The Navy is preparing to award Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace a five-year, multiyear procurement contract for the Naval Strike Missile in August, after receiving authority and funding from Congress' fiscal year 2024 defense legislation, a Navy spokesperson told Inside Defense . While lawmakers approved the service’s multiyear procurement proposal for NSM, they denied a similar request to enter a multiyear deal for the Standard Missile-6. Now, the Navy is pursuing single-year contracts for SM-6 in FY-24 and FY-25, which could...

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