USAF awards Kongsberg ~$240M Lot 2 contract to produce Joint Strike Missiles

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace a potential three‑year, $240.9 million sole‑source, firm‑fixed‑price contract for Lot 2 production of the air‑launched Joint Strike Missile, covering procurement of live rounds, containers, test hardware and support items for F‑35 integration.

Discovered 2025-12-14T23:31:27.692360-08:00 | 2025-12-14T23:31:27.692360-08:00

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  • The award is a potential $240.9 million, three‑year, sole‑source, firm‑fixed‑price Lot 2 production contract that explicitly funds up rounds, containers, test hardware and support — a direct step toward increased JSM inventory for F‑35 operations.
  • The decision follows and reinforces Kongsberg's recent rise in missile and air‑defence order intake, highlighting sustained demand for precision strike systems: https://hype.aero/?story=37df8e06-0f53-4a74-a8ba-70ff9c49e8ea
  • It sits alongside larger U.S. multiyear missile awards that are expanding production capacity and backlog in the sector, underlining a broader build‑out of missile manufacturing: https://hype.aero/?story=b627319c-8606-45f6-b561-329979c13adb

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nationalsecurityjournal.org Aviation A2Z haber.aero milmag.pl asdnews.com news.defcros.com
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2025-12-14T23:31:27.692360-08:00
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