On March 25, Raytheon Australia and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace joined Defence Minister, Christopher Pyne, and South Australian Premier, Steven Marshall, to announce that the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System, NASAMS, was selected for the Australian Government’s Short Range Ground Based Air Defence program known as LAND19 Phase 7B.
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NASAMS mounted on AM General HUMMER. In Australia, the launching vehicle will be the Thales Hawkei (Picture source: Army Recognition)