State Department Okays Sale Of Eight Ospreys To Indonesia For $2 Billion

摘要

The State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of eight Marine Corpstype MV-22 Block C Osprey aircraft to Indonesia for about $2 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on July 6. The sale would cover the requested eight Ospreys as well as 24 AE 1107C Rolls- Royce engines; 20 AN/AAQ-27 Forward Looking InfraRed Radars; 20 AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems; 20 AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receivers; 20 AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispenser Systems; 20 AN/APX-117 Identification Friend or Foe Systems (IFF); 20 AN/APN-194 Radar Altimeters; 20 AN/ARN-147 VHF OmniDirectional Range (VOR) Instrument Landing System (ILS) Beacon Navigation Systems; and 40 ARC-210 629F-23 Multi-Band Radios (Non- COMSEC). Other equipment covered by the sale includes 20 AN/ASN-163 Miniature Airborne GPS Receivers; 20 AN/ARN-153 Tactical Airborne Navigation Systems, 20 M-240-D 7.64mm Machine Guns; 20 GAU-21 Machine Guns; and other assorted planning, technical, spare and repair components and support.