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U.S. State Department Approves Sale of Latest AMRAAM to Denmark

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, October 29th, 2024

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U.S. State Department Approves Sale of Latest AMRAAM to Denmark

A maintenance support contractor checks the AIM-120D3 attached to an F-15E Strike Eagle as it prepares for a live-fire mission at Eglin AFB, Fla. on June 30, 2022 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Denmark is to get the AIM-120D-3 missile, the latest version of RTX's [RTX] Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The State Department has approved a $744 million foreign military sale (FMS) to Denmark of 203 AIM-120D-3s and nine AMRAAM guidance sections "to include precise position provided by either Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module or M-Code," the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Tuesday. Previously, the State Department had approved FMS sales of earlier model AIM-120-C8s. In July last year, RTX said…

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