US to sell EW range to Australia
The US State Department has approved a $115 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request by Australia for an additional AEA-18G Electronic Warfare (EW) Range System for its Boeing E/A-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.
According to the US Defense Security and Cooperation Agency, the latest additional $35.93 million request will provide classified technical data and software, system integration and testing, tools and test equipment for a previous Australian FMS request.
The original request, valued at $79.07 million, was for two EW Range Systems to conduct EW and electronic surveillance training within Australia.
Prime contractors for this additional FMS case will be
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