
The State Department has approved a potential $2 billion deal with Australia covering sustainment support and equipment for its fleet of F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Monday of the new foreign military sale. The deal covers a range of equipment for the Australia’s Boeing [BA] F/A-18Fs and the specialized EA-18G electronic attack aircraft, to include Global Lighting joint tactical terminal-transceivers, 40 advanced electronic warfare systems and 24 Next Generation Electronic…