{"id":32012,"date":"2022-10-25T20:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T20:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/25\/raytheon-delivers-ukraine-bound-nasams-air-defense-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:47:34","slug":"raytheon-delivers-ukraine-bound-nasams-air-defense-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/govcon\/2022\/10\/25\/raytheon-delivers-ukraine-bound-nasams-air-defense-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Raytheon delivers Ukraine-bound NASAMS air defense systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 Raytheon Technologies<\/a> said it delivered two sophisticated NASAMS<\/a> air defense systems due for Ukraine to U.S. government, which will send them to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe did just deliver two NASAMS systems. … We delivered two of them to the government a couple of weeks ago. They\u2019re being installed in Ukraine [imminently],\u201d Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes<\/a> said on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk on the Street\u201d program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a short-range air defense system, and it can fire [an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile<\/a>] and it could knock down everything in the sky from drones to ballistic missiles to fighter jets,\u201d Hayes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Norwegian-developed weapons will provide medium- to long-range defense against Russian attacks, which bombarded Ukraine\u2019s civilian infrastructure over the last two weeks, including its power grid, using missiles and drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. has pledged to deliver two NASAMS within weeks and six more later. Pentagon officials said it could purchase the first lot quickly because the bulk of the systems had already been produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\t