Kris Osborn writes the U.S. holds a 40-percent share in the total development cost of the Raytheon Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block 2 program, a NATO cooperative development effort.
Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey are also partners in the program, Osborn reports.
“The latest version of the [Engineering and Manufacturing Development] MOU is currently in staffing with the final version planned to be sent to the participating nations for staffing and signature no later than Oct. 11, 2013,” Navy spokesman Lt. Kurt Larson told DoD Buzz.
“The objective is to have a fully executed MOU by June 30, 2014,â Larson added.