PARIS, June 17 (UPI) -- Raytheon reports that its Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles were four-for-four in target strikes during live-fire exercises in Norway.
The Raytheon-produced missiles were fired from the ground-based Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS, a Norwegian air defense systems developed by Raytheon and Kongsberg.
"NASAMS has proven its capability year after year," said Ralph Acaba, vice president for Integrated Air and Missile Defense at Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems business. "The success rate of the extensive tests and tactical live-fire programs has been over 90 percent against a variety of targets and profiles in challenging scenarios."
Raytheon touted the missiles' performance and the system from which they were fired at a defense exhibition in Paris.
"This successful test once again demonstrates the versatility of the combat-proven AMRAAM missile," said Mike Jarrett, Raytheon vice president of Air Warfare Systems. "Raytheon's broad portfolio of missiles can provide precision fire power to ground based air defense systems such as NASAMS around the globe."
NASAMS was fielded by Norway for more than a decade. It has since been deployed by the United States, Spain, Finland, the Netherlands and one undisclosed country. Oman has recently selected it for its own air defense capability.
AMRAAMs are deployed by 36 countries and are used aboard aircraft. Raytheon said AMRAAM is also the baseline missile for the NATO-approved NASAMS.
