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State Department Approves $2 Billion Sale To France For Three E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes; $3 Billion To Israel For Fuel

Monday, July 6th, 2020

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State Department Approves $2 Billion Sale To France For Three E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes; $3 Billion To Israel For Fuel

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (U.S. Navy)

The State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft and related equipment to France for about $2 billion and separately approved selling $3 billion worth of fuel to Israel. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the E-2D sale on July 6. France’s requested sale covered the three E-2Ds as well as 10 T-56-427A engines (six installed and four spares), three AN/APY-9 radar assemblies, four AN/ALQ-217 electronic support measure systems (three…

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