The State Department approved a possible $231 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency for precision guided munitions, equipment, and support.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on Aug. 9.
The sale would include multiple guided munitions systems and associated equipment for subsequent retransfer to Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Spain.
The FMS includes 500 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guidance Kits, KMU-556 F/B; 40 JDAM Guidance Kits, KMU-557 F/B; 1,500 JDAM Guidance Kits, KMU-572 F/B; 1,000 MAU 210 E/B Computer Control Groups for 1,000-lb. Enhanced Paveway IIs; 300 MAU 210 E/B Computer Control Groups for GBU-49s; 1,025 MAU 169 L/B Computer Control Groups for GBU-12s; 1,350 Joint Programmable Fuzes, FMU-152 A/B; 60 Bomb Fin Assembly and Airfoil Group 650-MXU K/B for GBU-12s; and 1,025 Bomb Fin Assembly and Airfoil Group, MXU-650 K/B AFG for GBU-12s.
Other equipment in the sale includes Detector Sensing Unit (DSU)-38A/B Laser sensors; DSU-33D/B proximity sensors; Wireless Paveway Avionics Kit (WIPAK) interfaces for Enhanced Paveway II bombs; FMU-139C/B electronic bomb fuzes; repair and return services; transportation; engineering services; and other support services.
The primary contractors for this sale are Boeing [BA] and Raytheon [RTN].
NATO members would use the equipment as a deterrent to regional threats and increase interoperability within contingency operations. This sale “improves NATO members’ capability to meet current and future ground threats with precision,” DSCA said in a statement.
Implementation of sale would not require the assignment of additional U.S. government or contractor representatives to NATO countries.