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U.S. State Department Okays Sale of Munitions, Radars for Canadian MQ-9Bs

Frank Wolfe

Monday, September 18th, 2023

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U.S. State Department Okays Sale of Munitions, Radars for Canadian MQ-9Bs

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The U.S. State Department has given the go ahead for a more than $313 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of munitions, radars and other equipment for Canadian MQ-9Bs by General Atomics. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification to Congress of the possible sale on Sept. 15, the State Department said. The requested MQ-9B materiel includes 12 AN/APY-8 Lynx Synthetic Aperture Radars developed by General Atomics and Sandia National Laboratories; 219 Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-114R2 Hellfire II missiles;…

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