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State Department Approves $800 Million In Missile Sales To Sweden, France

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 7th, 2023

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State Department Approves $800 Million In Missile Sales To Sweden, France

RTX's AMRAAM air-to-air missile. (Photo: RTX)

The State Department on Friday said that it has approved two foreign military sales (FMS) of missiles worth a combined $808 million to Sweden—for the AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)—and to France—for AGM-114R2 Hellfire air to ground systems. The proposed AMRAAM sale is worth $605 million and the Hellfire deal $203 million. RTX [RTX] is the contractor for the AMRAAM and Lockheed Martin [LMT] for Hellfire. Through June, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency has announced $78 billion in FMS…

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