NASAMS [SEP] designer
Aerospace teamed up with Raytheon and initiated the NASAMS programme as a cooperative effort for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The network-centric air defence system NASAMS was declared fully operational capable in 1998 but had an initial operational capability as early as in 1994/95.
Until the late 1990s the RNoAF ground-based air defence solution, also known as the Norwegian Solution (NORSOL), consisted of three different weapon systems; the 40mm Bofors L70 gun (controlled by the Oerlikon Contraves FCS2000 monopulse doppler tracking radar), the laser
NASAMS
NASAMS (National/Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) is a distributed and networked medium to long range air-defence system. NASAMS was the first surface-based application for the AIM-120 AMRAAM ("Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile"). The missile itself is named SLAMRAAM ("Surface Launched AMRAAM").
NASAMS 2 is an upgraded version of the NASAMS air-defence system and it has been operational since 2007.
Development.
The Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence &