Category: Business News
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (‘KONGSBERG’) has been awarded a $70m firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract for the Joint Strike Missile, according to a statement by the US Department of Defense. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $208m. Work will be performed at Kongsberg, Norway, and is expected to […]
Source: KONGSBERG
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By Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram Distinguished Audience, “We lived in a democracy. But then, we felt the walls closing in around us.” These words were spoken by Gunnar Sønsteby to a school class in Rjukan in the film Nr. 24. “We felt the walls closing in around us.” In just over a month, Russia’s brutal […]
Source: Regjeringen
Category: Business News
Today, Norway and the U.S. signed a Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA), which will facilitate the launch of U.S. launchers and satellites from Andøya Spaceport. – The agreement is a major step toward making Andøya one of the world’s most attractive locations for satellite launches. The U.S. is the world’s largest satellite market. Norway and Andøya […]
Source: Regjeringen
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries issued a thorough, innovative report presenting our shared understanding of non-market policies and practices (NMPPs) of certain third-party countries that may distort critical mineral markets (“NMPP Report”). The NMPP Report marks an important milestone in the United States and […]
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Category: Business News
Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre, finansminister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, utenriksminister Espen Barth Eide og næringsminister Cecilie Myrseth møtte tirsdag 7. januar norske eksportbedrifter på Statsministerens kontor. Tema for møtet var konkurransekraft og markedsadgang i en urolig tid. – Vi lever i tid preget av store omveltninger og uforutsigbarhet. Det påvirker Norge som en liten, åpen økonomi. […]
Source: Regjeringen