The State Department has approved a possible $3.2 billion foreign military sale to the United Kingdom for up to nine Boeing-made P-8A patrol aircraft, according to a March 25 notice from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. "The proposed sale will allow the U.K. to reestablish its Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) capability that it divested when it cancelled the Nimrod MRA4 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) program," the notice states . "The United Kingdom has retained core skills in maritime patrol and...
