The U.S. State Department approved a potential Foreign Military Sale of Navy Multiband Terminals and related equipment to the United Kingdom — a maritime military satellite communications package valued at about $200 million, the Pentagon said Monday. The move strengthens UK naval SATCOM capacity and interoperability with U.S. systems.
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The State Department cleared a potential $200 million FMS for maritime SATCOM terminals, directly increasing UK naval communications capacity and interoperability with U.S. forces — a concrete procurement step after policy-level discussions about the UK’s SATCOM options (see UK weighing commercial LEO options).
The sale signals continued U.S. export activity in military satellite communications amid broader shifts in acquisition models and industry competition, following the Pentagon’s move toward a "government-owned, commercially-operated" satellite approach and private-sector pushes into military satcom (see Pentagon's procurement shift and Viasat's defense push).
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