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 contractors for the Tomahawk support. The cruise missile is built by RTX [RTX].
Two other potential sales are for Egypt, one a $200 million deal for Light Tactical Vehicle Chassis and Fleet Build that follows a previous $41.9 million FMS with the country for 4-Man REV1-B Rolling Chassis with 190 horsepower diesel engines upgraded to 205 horsepower turbocharged engines. AM General will be the prime contractor for the light vehicles.
A separate $129 million sale to Egypt is for 28-meter patrol craft kits that include rigid hull inflatable boats, forward-looking infrared sensors, technical and logistics support. Louisiana-based Swiftships is the contractor for the patrol craft kits.
On Thursday, the State Department announced a proposed $75 million FMS to Kosovo for 246 Javelin FGM-148F anti-armor missiles. The Javelin deal also includes 24 lightweight command launch units, basic skills trainers, outdoor trainers, missile simulation rounds, and other support. The Javelin Joint Venture between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and RTX is the contractor for the sale.