The State Department last Friday approved a potential $2.2 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Netherlands for RTX [RTX] Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sale on April 25.
The Netherlands is seeking to buy 163 Tomahawk Block V All Up Rounds (AURs), 12 Block IV AURs, up to 10 Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control Systems (TTWCS); and up to two Tomahawk Block IV telemetry missiles.
Other equipment covered by the sale includes items like satellite data link terminals, integrated secure broadcast systems and other technical, programmatic and logistical support for the missiles and related parts.
DSCA said the Netherlands will the cruise missiles to improve its capabilities by using these long-range conventional surface-to-surface missiles “with significant standoff range that can neutralize growing threats.”
It also noted the importance of supporting the security of a NATO ally.
The announcement said there are known offset requirements with the sale, with them listed in an attached annex.
Last year, Japan signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for its own Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles and related equipment under an FMS, with acquisition set to occur between Japanese fiscal years 2025 to 2027 (Defense Daily, Jan. 19, 2024).
That followed a late 2023 State Department approval for a sale worth up to $2.4 billion for up to 400 Tomahawk missiles to Japan (Defense Daily, Nov. 17, 2023).
In March 2023 the U.S. government approved an $895 million sale of 220 Tomahawks to Australia.