The aircraft is designed to boost the combat power and survivability of current and next-generation attack and assault aircraft.
The platform is intended to give operators a single airborne system for sensing, jamming, intelligence collection and real-time mission coordination.
For MQ-9B, the missile integration would expand the aircraft’s mission set beyond surveillance and multi-domain operations.
The company said the weapon will cost less than half as much as a PAC-3 MSE per unit.
Aegis Ashore Poland has provided a steady defensive presence on NATO’s eastern flank.
The Israeli company will focus on precision strike, airborne intelligence, communications, cyber, satellites, air defence and counter-UAS capabilities.
Eirik Lie, President and CEO of Kongsberg, said: “Strong demand for Kongsberg’s technology and solutions, combined with good progress in key projects, contributed to a strong second quarter."
The certification is the highest tier in the UK Ministry of Defence program.
Rolls-Royce has supplied four mtu 12V 396 TE54 generator sets for INS Mahendragiri, the sixth indigenous Nilgiri-class stealth frigate commissioned by the Indian Navy.
"Every single B-2 is a strategic asset, making the return of the Spirit of Ohio critical to national security,” said Col. Jason Shirley, B-2 System Program Manager with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Bombers Directorate.
Boaz Levy, IAI's Chairman of the Board, positioned the system as an extension of capabilities the company has spent decades refining rather than a departure from them.
The delivery came just 20 months after the Czech Republic signed its acquisition agreement with the Brazilian manufacturer.
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