
The State Department has approved a potential $1.2 billion deal with the Netherlands for Patriot MIM-104 E Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) and a $235 million sale of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles - Extended Range weapons to Australia. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Thursday of both foreign military sales (FMS). The deal with the Netherlands would cover 96 of the Raytheon Technologies [RTX]-manufactured Patriot MIM-104E GEM-T surface-to-air missiles. “The proposed sale will increase the defensive capabilities of…