The State Department has approved its first potential weapons sale under a new process by which NATO will serve as the lead buying agent for different U.S. allies. The potential foreign military sale, announced Aug. 11 by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, is for $231 million in precision-guided munitions in support of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain. The prime contractors in the sale would be Boeing and Raytheon Missile Systems. “This is the...
