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Canada Approved For Potential $2.7 Billion U.S. Sale Of Air-Dropped Munitions

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 4th, 2025

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Canada Approved For Potential $2.7 Billion U.S. Sale Of Air-Dropped Munitions

An F/A-18 dropping a JDAM. Photo: Boeing.

The State Department on Thursday said it has okayed a potential $2.7 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of various air strike weapons to Canada. The weapons would be supplied by Boeing [BA] and RTX [RTX]. The proposed FMS includes up to 750 GBU-39 practice bombs, 100 GBU-39 guided test vehicles, 100 Mk-82 inert filled bombs, 220 2,000-pound BLU-117 general purpose bombs, 146 I-2000 penetrator warheads, 3,414 BLU-111 500-pound general purpose bombs, 3,108 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Increment I bombs,…

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