The United States has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Indonesia of eight MV-22 Block C Osprey aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2 billion.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale Tuesday. The prime contractors will be Bell Textron Inc., and Boeing Company.
Also included in the request to buy eight MV-22 Block C Osprey aircraft are 24 AE 1107C Rolls Royce Engines; 20 AN/AAQ-27 Forward Looking InfraRed Radars; 20 AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems; 20 AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receivers.
The deal will include 20 AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispenser Systems; 20 AN/APX-117 Identification Friend or Foe Systems (IFF); 20 AN/APN-194 Radar Altimeters; 20 AN/ARN-147 VHF OmniDirectional Range (VOR) Instrument Landing System (ILS) Beacon Navigation Systems; 40 ARC-210 629F-23 Multi-Band Radios (Non-COMSEC); 20 AN/ASN-163 Miniature Airborne Global Positioning System (GPS) Receivers (MAGR); 20 AN/ARN-153 Tactical Airborne Navigation Systems; 20 Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS II); 20 M-240-D 7.64mm Machine Guns; 20 GAU-21 Machine Guns; Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS) with unique planning components.