Kongsberg NSM to equip Indian MH-60R helicopters

[Milspec]

Kongsberg NSM to equip Indian MH-60R helicopters | Jane's 360

Kongsberg NSM to equip Indian MH-60R helicopters

The Indian Navy appears poised to become the first customer for the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) in a helicopter-launched application.

According to US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) documentation, the missile will be integrated into Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R multimission helicopters that India is looking to acquire under a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) case.

NSM was originally developed by Kongsberg to meet the Royal Norwegian Navy’s requirements for a highly discriminative, low-observable surface-to-surface guided weapon able to penetrate shipboard defences and operate effectively in blue water and littoral environments. Capable of ranges up to 200 km, it combines GPS-aided midcourse guidance with an advanced dual-band imaging infrared seeker.

@Technofox

 

[Gautam]

Looks good. Well designed.
https://sldinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/New-NSM-background.jpg

That ~200 KMs range seems a bit too less for comfort.
By the way don't we have this under development :

DRDO NASM-SR Missile
Weight - 350kg
Length - 3.8m
Launch Platform - Aircraft

So where does the NSM fit in ? @Parthu @Milspec @randomradio @BlackOpsIndia

 

[Sathya]

Read post by Fenrir , NSM can do same job of Harpoon at half the wt because of special propellant..

Orange plumes..

 

[randomradio]

I had this discussion with @Fenrir/@Technofox/@Nordic Wolf etc.

The addition of NSM on our helicopters is a huge boost to our offensive capability since we lack a low profile, stealthy missile based on an IIR seeker. Currently we only use larger missiles with active seekers.

 

[Valkyrja]

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That ~200 KMs range seems a bit too less for comfort.

Meh. it's meant to arm Norwegian submarines and surface craft first, and export partners second. 8 NSM missiles can be carried in pop-up launchers on the diminutive 47.5 meter Skjold class FACs, among the smallest surface combatant in any navy.

It fits our Ula class submarines, smaller then the Type 209 in service with India and all but the 209/1100 and 209/1200 variants.

That foreign partners have found it viable for use on MPAs like the P-3 and P-8, use for coastal batteries and have fitted it to helicopters is just a nice added benefit. But it was designed by Norway for Norway and that range fits nicely into our operational doctrine, especially when our principle adversary is just a stone's throw away.

Its small size is what gives NSM its multi-platform flexibility.

NSM also has the benefit over its peers of being extremely stealthy, designed from the ground up with all-aspect signature suppression and largely fired by its principle user, Norway, from stealthy platforms.

 

[randomradio]

Strictly speaking, all navies can use this missile on ships and subs, not just Norway, and this has little to do with its range. Or else the US Navy wouldn't have chosen it for their frigates.

US Navy’s New Naval Strike Missile to Deploy in 2019

Rather larger navies need ocean going vessels rather than the Skjold. So the missile isn't the problem, the platform is.

 

[GuardianRED]

Strictly speaking, all navies can use this missile on ships and subs, not just Norway, and this has little to do with its range. Or else the US Navy wouldn't have chosen it for their frigates.

US Navy’s New Naval Strike Missile to Deploy in 2019

Rather larger navies need ocean going vessels rather than the Skjold. So the missile isn't the problem, the platform is.

Isnt there a tender for Multi Platform single make missile ????.... is this it?

 

[randomradio]

Isnt there a tender for Multi Platform single make missile ????.... is this it?

For India? Yeah, there is an RFI out for medium range missiles of this class to go on ships only, for anti-ship and land attack roles. There is a chance NSM may be included in the tender through Raytheon instead of Kongsberg.

The navy's gonna go for NSM for medium helicopters. For fighters, we will have indigenous short (NASM-SR) and long range missiles (Nirbhay), with KH-35/Harpoon/NSM etc filling up the medium range needs.

 

[Valkyrja]

Strictly speaking, all navies can use this missile on ships and subs, not just Norway, and this has little to do with its range.

My point was mostly that it was designed to fit the extremely small craft of the Norwegian Navy, which does limit its operational range. Anything bigger would limit its use on our small craft (the Skjold class FAC's design predates NSM). NSM can be used on our SB90s if needed, mounted to the depth charge racks.

I'd like to see the Swedes arm their CB90s with an RBS-15.

 

[Ashwin]

The Government of India has requested to buy twenty-four (24) MH-60R Multi-Mission helicopters, equipped with the following: thirty (30) APS-153(V) Multi-Mode radars (24 installed, 6 spares); sixty (60) T700-GE-401C engines (48 installed and 12 spares); twenty-four (24) Airborne Low Frequency System (ALFS) (20 installed, 4 spares); thirty (30) AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting System (24 installed, 6 spares); fifty-four (54) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) (48 installed, 6 spares); one thousand (1,000) AN/SSQ-36/53/62 sonobuoys; ten (10) AGM-114 Hellfire missiles; five (5) AGM-114 M36-E9 Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM); four (4) AGM-114Q Hellfire Training missiles; thirty-eight (38) Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) rockets; thirty (30) MK 54 torpedoes; twelve (12) M-240D Crew Served guns; twelve (12) GAU-21 Crew Served guns; two (2) Naval Strike Missile Emulators; four (4) Naval Strike Missile Captive Inert Training missiles; one (1) MH-60B/R Excess Defense Article (EDA) USN legacy aircraft. Also included are seventy (70) AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Devices; fifty-four (54) AN/ARC-210 RT-1990A(C) radios with COMSEC (48 installed, 6 spares); thirty (30) AN/ARC-220 High Frequency radios (24 installed, 6 spares); thirty (30) AN/APX-123 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders (24 installed, 6 spares); spare engine containers; facilities study, design, and construction; spare and repair parts; support and test equipment; communication equipment; ferry support; publications and technical documentation; personnel training and training equipment; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support. The total estimated cost is $2.6 billion.

We did not order actual Naval Strike Missiles. Only training rounds and simulators.