The State Department has approved the foreign military sale request of Switzerland for the purchase of PATRIOT sustainment support and related equipment worth $450 million.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday RTX, Lockheed Martin and Leidos will serve as the principal contractors for the potential deal.
The possible deal covers the procurement of five PATRIOT Fire Units and missile inventory, which are intended to strengthen Switzerland’s national and territorial defense and enhance interoperability with U.S. and other European forces.
Switzerland will also acquire non-major defense equipment, or MDE, items, including general electronic test station equipment and program sets, modification and upgrade kits, unclassified and classified repair and return, unclassified and classified spares and classified missile processing. The European country also requested for foreign liaison officer support, field surveillance program, international engineering services, publications and technical documentation, transportation, training and U.S. government and contractor technical, engineering and logistics support services.
Under the proposed deal, 10 contractor representatives will be assigned to Switzerland to provide technical support for an extended period.
The DSCA notified Congress of the potential sale Monday.