Aug 11, 2016 – NATO Support and Procurement Agency as Lead Nation has requested a possible sale of precision guided munitions for subsequent retransfer to Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Spain. <br />Included are: 500 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guidance Kits, KMU-556 F/B; 40 JDAM Guidance Kits, KMU-557 F/B; <br />1,500 JDAM Guidance Kits, KMU-572 F/B; 1,000 MAU 210 E/B Computer Control Groups for 1,000-lb. Enhanced Paveway IIs; 300 MAU 210 E/B Computer Control Groups for GBU-49s; <br />1,025 MAU 169 L/B Computer Control Groups for GBU-12s; <br />1,350 Joint Programmable Fuzes, FMU-152 A/B; 60 Bomb Fin Assembly and Airfoil Group 650-MXU K/B for GBU-12s; <br />1,025 Bomb Fin Assembly and Airfoil Group, MXU-650 K/B AFG for GBU-12s. <br /> <br />It also includes Detector Sensing Unit (DSU)-38A/B Laser sensors; <br />DSU-33D/B proximity sensors; Wireless Paveway Avionics Kit (WIPAK) interfaces for Enhanced Paveway II bombs; <br />FMU-139C/B electronic bomb fuzes; repair and return services; transportation; engineering services; and other support services. <br /> <br />The estimated value is $231 million. <br /> <br />“The proposed sale improves NATO members’ capability to meet current and future ground threats with precision. <br /> <br />They will use the enhanced capacity as a deterrent to regional threats, and to increase interoperability within contingency operations. <br /> <br />Many of the purchasing nations already have precision-guided munitions in their inventories and will have no difficulty absorbing these additional munitions,” the DSCA stressed. <br /> <br />The prime contractors for production are the Boeing Corporation of St Louis, Missouri, and Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Arizona.
