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State Department Approves $654 Million In Foreign Military Sales

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

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State Department Approves $654 Million In Foreign Military Sales

A Tomahawk launched off a U.S. Navy vessel. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The State Department this week approved $654 million in foreign military sales (FMS) that includes a potential $250 million sales to Australia in support of the Tomahawk cruise missile system. Australia is seeking weapons, logistics, material, and engineering technical support to “better utilize the Tomahawk Weapon System it is procuring and ensure appropriate weapon paring is evaluated to identify defined targets more precisely,” the State Department said on Wednesday. The FMS notice said that Australia will determine the contractor or…

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