U.S. TO PROVIDE ISRAEL WITH ADDITIONAL HELLFIRES, AMRAAMS
WASHINGTON - Israel will receive additional armaments from the United States in the near future. The State Department has approved this possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on May 18, 2015.
This deal involves the delivery of 3,000 AGM-114K/R HELLFIRE anti-armor missiles and 250 AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs).
Other armaments requested by Israel include: 14,500 KMU-556C/B Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) tail kits consisting of 10,000 for Mk-84s, 500 for Mk-83s, and 4,000 for Mk-82s. Other weapons that are part of this deal are 3,500 Mk-82 bombs, 4,500 Mk-83 bombs, 50 BLU-113 bombs, 4,100 GBU-39 Small Diameter bombs, 1,500 Mk-83 Paveway kits, and 700 BLU-109 Paveway kits.
The total estimated cost of this deal is $1.879 billion.
The principal contractors will be The Boeing Company in St. Charles, Missouri; Lockheed-Martin Company in Archbald, Pennsylvania; General Dynamics in Garland, Texas; Elwood National Forge Co. in Irvine, Pennsylvania; and Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona.
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