
The State Department has approved two new potential deals with Australia totaling nearly $2 billion for armored vehicle equipment and CH-47F Chinook helicopters. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of both foreign military sales (FMS) on Thursday. Under a $1.7 billion deal for up to 160 M1A1 tank structures and hulls, Australia would receive equipment to construct 75 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks, 29 M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles, 18 M1074 Joint Assault Bridges, six M88A2 Hercules Combat Recovery Vehicles and…