Pentagon taps Raytheon for $1B NASAMS sale to Kuwait.

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    "title": "Pentagon taps Raytheon for $1B NASAMS sale to Kuwait.",
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    "excerpt": "Pentagon taps Raytheon for $1B NASAMS sale to Kuwait.\n\nThe US Department of Defense has awarded Raytheon a $1-billion contract for the supply of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) fire units for Kuwait.\n\nCorresponding activities for the agreement will be facilitated in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and are expected to be finalized by May 2031.\n\nRaytheon will coordinate progress with the US Army Contracting Command in Redstone, Alabama, which holds oversight of the initiative.\n\nNASAMS is a ground-based air defense platform that uses medium- to long-range high-explosive blast fragmentation warheads.\n\nIt can carry up to six missiles and targets fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, and cruise missiles at up to 60 kilometers (37 miles).\n\nThe weapon has a firing altitude of 69,000 feet (21 kilometers) and uses discrete sensors to detect threats at around 120 kilometers (75 kilometers).\n\nBolstering middle eastern arsenals.\n\nThe order comes amid Kuwait's rearming initiatives following repeated missile and drone strikes from Iran.\n\nTehran frames those incursions as retaliation linked to the wider regional conflict involving the US and Israel.\n\nBefore its latest foreign military sale with the US, Kuwait invested $370 million in naval combat systems and a separate $467 million for hull development tied to its future Al Dorra missile boats.\n\nThe...",
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