Germany Aims to Buy as Much as $3.5 Billion in RTX Missiles

The Trump administration has approved the possible sale of as much as $3.5 billion in standard missiles to Germany, which is working to increase its own military capabilities.

Berlin requested to purchase as many as 173 Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Block I missiles and 577 Standard Missile 2 Block IIIC missiles, both produced by RTX Corp., as well as related equipment, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announcementon Friday.

The sale would help Germany respond to “current and future threats by providing integrated air and missile defense capabilities deployable from their future Aegis Weapon System equipped F127 ...