Kongsberg Secures $47.4M Deal for USMC Weapon Control & Fire Control Enhancements

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS, Kongsberg, Norway, was awarded a $47,387,518 firm-fixed-price/cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost contract for contract logistics support, engineering services, and prototype hardware and software development for the Weapon Control System (WCS) and Fire Control System (FCS) subsystems of the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) Launcher. This contract provides for the procurement of the above-mentioned services, Block 2 hardware, and Block 2 software to support the WCS and FCS subsystems of the NMESIS Launcher. Work will be performed in Kongsberg, Norway (85%); Johnstown, Pennsylvania (10%); various Department of Defense installations within the U.S (3%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (2%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 7, 2027. The maximum dollar value, including base and option line items, is $47,387,518. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy and Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $18,976,972; fiscal 2025 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $15,330,970; and fiscal 2025 operation and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $38,000, will be obligated at contract award. The operation and maintenance funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year, but the remaining funds will not. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Title 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1) and Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2). Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-25-C-1006).