Australia wants to buy Anti-Radiation Missiles from the US under Foreign Military Sales contract with an estimated cost of $137.6 million.
According to the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency statement on 28 April, the country has requested a possible sale of up to 70 AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM); up to 40 AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM), Tactical Missiles; up to 16 CATM-88B HARM Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM); up to 16 CATM-88E AARGM CATM; up to 25 AGM-88B Control Sections; up to 25 AGM-88B Guidance Sections; up to 20 AGM-88E Control Sections; up to 20 AGM-88E Guidance Sections; up to 48 Telemetry/Flight Termination Systems.
The statement said Australia is requesting these missiles for its Electronic Attack EA-18G Growler aircraft.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)