The U.S. Department of State has cleared a Norwegian government request to purchase Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles–Extended Range and related equipment for $405 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday.
RTX will be the principal contractor for the potential foreign military sale of 100 AMRAAM-ER units, four AMRAAM AIM-120C-8 guidance sections, weapons software, training equipment, and logistics and program support services.
Raytheon, an RTX business, partnered with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense in February to perform a flight test of an updated AMRAAM-ER missile variant.
The weapon uses the guidance section of the AIM-120 C-8 AMRAAM missiles, a more robust 10-inch rocket motor from Nammo and a 10-inch control actuator system, branded the Norwegian Propulsion Stack, from Kongsberg, RTX said.
The AMRAAM-ER is designed for integration with the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System launcher for increased air defense protection, intercepting targets with increased range and altitude of a non-extended-range AMRAAM.
Norway will supplement and replace its existing Air Intercept Missile 120B AMRAAMs with the new missiles to address current and future threats.