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U.S. Approves Sales Of Aegis Support To Japan, Vehicles To Lebanon

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U.S. Approves Sales Of Aegis Support To Japan, Vehicles To Lebanon
The Japanese Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer JS Maya (DDG-179) fires an SM-3 Block IIA missile against a T4-E target mimicking a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) on November 16, 2022 in a U.S.-Japan joint test off the coast of Hawaii. (Photo: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)

The State Department approved two separate Foreign Military Sales (FMS) on Tuesday, $100 million in Aegis Class Destroyer Support to Japan and $34.5 million in M1151A1 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles to Lebanon. Japan requested follow-on technical support of destroyers equipped with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aegis Combat System (ACS) to include Combat Systems Sea Qualification Trials (CSSQT), test and evaluation services, sustainment support and services, Aegis computer software updates, systems integration and testing, in-country and on-site engineering support, and…

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