NATO consortium seeks next-gen Evolved SeaSparrow (NSV) missile variant

The NATO SeaSparrow consortium is initiating development of a new SeaSparrow variant (NSV) designed to defeat diverse, high-end threats (including massed salvos) and operate in heavily jammed, contested RF/EO/IR environments. The novelty is the push for a modular, open-architecture missile with releasable technical data/source code across 12 NATO nations, enabling faster upgrades and interoperability.