The Egyptian Navy will receive up to 168 RIM-116s in the Block 2 variant from Raytheon. The US Department of Defence has now approved a sale under the Foreign Military Sales programme. The contract includes the delivery of Guided Missile Round Packs (GMRPs) and is worth around 113 million dollars. A good quarter of the work will be carried out by RAM-System GmbH in Ottobrunn. The GMRPs are used to transport, store and launch up to eleven of the missiles.
RAM offers sea-going units a means of self-defence against incoming missiles. The modern FKs have a length of 2.79 metres and carry a warhead weighing a good eleven kilos. They are capable of intercepting missiles within a radius of up to 10 kilometres and reach twice the speed of sound.
The RAM system is an American-German development by General Dynamics (now part of Raytheon) and the German company Diehl BGT Defence. Eleven nations currently have ships equipped with RAM launchers, including Greece, Japan and Turkey. In the US Navy, RIM-116s can be found on board aircraft carriers and on the Littoral Combat Ships. All corvettes and frigates of the German Navy also have the system.
Text: mb; Photo: US Navy
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