
The State Department approved a possible $140 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to Chile for Evolved Seasparrow Missiles (ESSMs), equipment, training, and support.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on July 1.The possible sale includes major defense equipment (MDE) of 33 Evolved Seasparrow Missiles (ESSM); six Evolved Seasparrow Telemetry Missiles; and three MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS), tactical version, baseline VII. The MDE portion of the sale is worth about $73 million.Non-MDE equipment…