Oman and Jordan are among the international customers who recently ordered Javelin missile rounds and launch units from US-based Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture.

The $176 million contract includes production and delivery of 842 Block I Javelin missile rounds and 120 command launch units (CLUs).

The missiles will be provided through the US government to the US Army, US Marine Corps and three international customers: Oman, Jordan and Indonesia. Funded with Special Defense Acquisition Funds, the CLUs will be delivered to the US Army beginning October 2014.

"The Javelin Joint Venture is providing US and allied warfighters with an affordable, versatile and lethal one-man-portable, anti-tank, guided missile and surveillance weapon," said Jeff Miller, Raytheon Javelin program director and Javelin Joint Venture president.

"This contract is important to the Javelin program because the CLU retrofit business keeps our production line warm through mid-2015."

Javelin enhances direct-fire capability against armored vehicles, buildings and field fortifications, a statement said.

Using the Javelin missile system, a single infantryman can engage and defeat targets in close combat and at ranges up to two-and-a-half kilometers, it added.

"This contract allows us to provide to our customers one of the most reliable and user-friendly systems in the world," said Barry James, Lockheed Martin Javelin program director and Javelin Joint Venture vice president.

"Javelin has proven and continues to prove itself time and time again in combat." – TradeArabia News Service