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Thursday, April 18, 2013

DSCA Requests Permission to Arrange $265 Million Worth of U.K. Weapons Contracts

AGM-114 Hellfire |In twin announcements Wednesday (link opens a PDF), the Defense Security Cooperation Agency advised (link opens a PDF) that it has notified Congress of plans to make "Foreign Military Sales" to the United Kingdom of, respectively, 500 Hellfire missiles, and also services providing follow-on support for Tomahawk cruise missiles.

The Hellfire sale involves 500 AGM-114/N4/P4 missiles, manufactured by Lockheed Martin and valued at $95 million (approximately $190,000 apiece).

DSCA says this sale "will directly contribute to the U.S. foreign and national security policies by enhancing the close air support capability of the United Kingdom in support of NATO, ISAF, and other coalition operations," and in particular, improve the U.K.'s ability to support ground troops in Afghanistan.

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