The State Department has approved the requests of the governments of Poland and the Netherlands to buy an extended-range variant of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile system, related equipment and support services from the U.S. government under two foreign military sales deals worth approximately $2 billion combined.
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will serve as the principal contractor in the proposed FMS deals, which include the delivery of 360 AGM-88G AARGM-ERs to Poland and 265 AARGM-ER units to the Dutch government, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday.
The proposed FMS deal with Poland is valued at approximately $1.3 billion and the proposed transaction with the Netherlands is worth $700 million.
The two European countries also requested to procure dummy air training missiles, software, containers, spare and repair parts, M-Code, embedded GPS receivers, engineering support, technical documentation and publications, transportation, program support and logistics services.
The Netherlands and Poland intend to use the extended-range air defense system to improve the survivability of their tactical aircraft and counter maritime and ground-based radar emitters associated with enemy air defenses.
Each proposed sale will require 10 U.S. government representatives to perform multiple trips and the deployment of four contractor personnel to the Netherlands and Poland on an intermittent basis to support inventory control, equipment familiarization and supply management efforts.
