US Marines and RAAF personnel from RAAF 3 Squadron conduct pre-load inspections on an AIM-120 AMRAAMs prior to loading it onto a RAAF F-35A. (Photo: Australian Department of Defence)
The US State Department has given the green light to a possible foreign military sale (FMS) of up to 400 AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and up to 12 AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM guidance sections to Germany.
The FMS, which includes related non-major defence equipment and programme support, is worth an estimated US$1.23 billion, and is expected to help Germany increase the air-to-air capability for its F-35 programme.
The AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM is a variant of the AIM-120, an all-weather, all-environment radar-guided air-to-air missile that has seen extensive export sales, with an extended-range variant also being developed for ground-based air defence.
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