WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department approved the possible foreign military sale to the United Kingdom of Javelin Lightweight Command Launch units for an estimated cost of $300 million, the Pentagon said on Monday.
The UK government had requested to buy 513 Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Units.
The principal contractor would be the Javelin Joint Venture, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and Raytheon Technologies Corp (RTX.N), the Pentagon said in a statement.
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Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler
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