![]() Japan, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates are three non-consortium countries that have purchased ESSM through overseas sales. Members of the consortium also split the cost of developing a new variant of the weapon system. As a result, the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) that are currently in use were produced. The NATO Seasparrow Project Office proposed to the Project Steering Committee in April 1991 that the NSSMS should be upgraded to increase performance against quicker and more agile low-altitude threats. These nations also founded the NATO Seasparrow Consortium, which now has 12 members.Ī RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile (NSSM) is fired from the forward launcher during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship #USSTripoli (LHA 7). In 1968, four nations (Denmark, Italy, Norway, and the United States) signed an agreement to cooperatively develop the NATO Seasparrow Surface Missile System (NSSMS). Development DetailsĪfter the Israeli destroyer INS Eilat was sunk by a Russian anti-ship missile in 1967, NATO allies realized they required a reliable self-defense missile to protect their vessels. The RIM-162 Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) is a medium-range surface-to-air interceptor tasked with defending navy vessels against high-speed anti-ship cruise missiles, low-velocity air threats (LVAT) like drones and helicopters, and high-speed maneuverable surface threats. ![]() Most of the work for the contract will be performed in Tucson in Arizona (82%) with the rest in Portsmouth, Rhode Island (17%), Aranjuez in Spain, Brisbane in Australia, and Koropi Attica in Greece, the release added. The contract combines purchases for the US government (99%) and those of Japan and the United Arab Emirates (1%) under the Foreign Military Sales program. Defense company Raytheon has clinched a US Navy contract to provide engineering and technical services for the Evolved Seasparrow Missile and NATO Seasparrow Missile programs, the Pentagon has said.Ī press release by the Department of Defense on December 30 stated, “Raytheon Company Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $55,121,826 modification to a previously awarded contract for engineering and technical services in support of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile and NATO Seasparrow Missile Systems programs.”
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