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Romania Buys Three More Patriots

Thursday, November 1st, 2018

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Romania Buys Three More Patriots

Patriot air and missile defense system. (Photo: Raytheon)

The Romanian government signed an agreement with the U.S. Army to purchase three more Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense systems, the company said Thursday.Romania previously brought its first system under contract in May, procured through the Defense Department’s foreign military sales (FMS) program. It is repeating the process here, transferring funds to the U.S. for the American government to buy the systems as FMS.Romania first signed a letter of Offer and Acceptance agreement with the U.S. Army to…

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