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State Department Approves $2 Billion Sale Of Five P-8A Poseidons To Germany

State Department Approves $2 Billion Sale Of Five P-8A Poseidons To Germany
A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in Chesapeake Bay in 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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,…

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