Raytheon gets $1.3B missile-defense contract from Oman

Defense contractor Raytheon Co. has won a $1.28 billion contract to supply a missile-defense system to The Sultanate of Oman.

The deal, a direct commercial sale of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), includes ground support equipment, a full training package, and technical assistance.

Co-developed with Norway’s Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace, the NASAMS has been fielded in Norway for more than a decade and is deployed in the U.S. National Capital Region as well as in Spain, Finland, the Netherlands and Oman.

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The Raytheon side of the program is handled by the company's Integrated Defense Systems unit based in Tewksbury, Mass. The system uses the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, made by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems.

Work under the contract will be performed by Raytheon at its Integrated Air Defense Center in Andover, Mass., and in Kongsberg, Norway, Raytheon said.