
Swedish officials on Friday formally announced they agreed to buy the Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system from the U.S. Army in a signed Letter of Offer and Acceptance.This agreement comes on the heels of an announcement last week by the Swedish Defense Ministry that the government was empowering the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to procure and enter into an agreement with the U.S. to get two Patriot batteries (Defense Daily, Aug. 2).The Swedish government first authorized…