
The State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of five P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft to Germany for $1.77 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sale on March 12. Germany’s requested sale covers the five P-8As as well as nine Multifunctional Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems 5 (MIDS JTRS 5), 12 LN-251 with Embedded Global Positioning Systems (GPS)/Inertial Navigations Systems (EGls), commercial engines; Tactical Open Mission Software (TOMS), Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared MX-20HD,…