The NASAMS air defense system purchased by Canada for Ukraine is “stuck” due to funding problems in the United States.
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The Edmonton Journal reports.
Order for 406 million dollars. They did it over a year ago and it still hasn’t been done.
The Americans must provide funding to complete the contracts (with manufacturer Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace), said Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair.
Without the combined agreement, it would have taken years to acquire NASAMS through the normal procurement process, Blair said.
We tried to speed it up. “Unfortunately, Americans are facing challenges in their own fiscal package,” Blair said.
The Canadian Minister of Defense added that all parties understand the importance of implementing this project.
Ukraine said they want us to continue the process of acquiring these NASAMS missiles as quickly as possible, and we are doing everything we can to make that happen,” he said.
Let us recall that Canada’s purchase of the NASAMS Militarny air defense system was reported in January 2023.
At that time, the time frame for the transfer of the complex was not specified. Then Militarny assumed that, given the words about the purchase of these systems from the United States, they would be manufactured from scratch at Raytheon Technologies. In this case, production may be delayed through a queue at production.
It was recently reported that the Norwegian government is proposing that the country’s parliament agree on orders for additional NASAMS air defense systems for Ukraine.
We are talking about ten more new launchers and four control points, which are to be purchased from Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace (KDA).
Source: Racurs
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