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DSCA Congressional Notification — Transmittal 24-87 Purchaser: Italy Total Estimated Value: $738M Equipment: Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Six (6) MQ-9 Block 5 Aircraft Three (3) UAV MQ-9 Mobile Ground Control Stations (MGCS) Twelve (12) AN/DAS-4 Multi-spectral Target Systems Nine (9) LYNX AN/APY-8 Block 20A Synthetic Aperture Radars with Maritime Wide Area Surveillance (MWAS) capability One (1) Embedded Global Positioning & Inertial Navigation System (EGI) Non-Major Defense Equipment: The following non-MDE items will also be included: Reaper/Predator engines; Ruggedized Aircraft Maintenance Test Stations (RAMTS); AN/ARC- 210 UHF/VHF Radios (RT-2036); Ground Data Terminals (GDT) (line of sight link); AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders; KIV-77 Identification friend or foe Cryptographic Applique; Transponder Identification friend or foe AN/APX-119; KY100M Narrowband/Wideband terminal COMSEC device; UAV
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