
The State Department has approved a potential $53 million sale of air-to-air missiles to the Netherlands for use by that country’s air force, a Pentagon agency said on Wednesday.The sale includes 26 AIM-120 C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), one AMRAAM guidance section spare, 20 captive carry training missiles, missile containers, test equipment, weapons systems support and other related items. Raytheon [RTN] manufactures AMRAAM.Earlier this month the State Department approved a potential $113 million sale of AMRAAMs to the…