The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of FGM-148F Javelin anti-armour weapons to Australia at an estimated cost of $US100 million (~$148 million).
Included in the DSCA notification are 350 individual FGM-148F Javelin missiles, four of which are fly-to-buy missiles. The fly-to-buy missiles will be live-fire tested before delivery to Australia as part of a fly-to-buy testing program.
Australia first selected the Javelin in 2002. That year, the DSCA approved a possible sale of 92 Command Launch Units (CLU) and 666 rounds to Australia. Since then, Defence has periodically refreshed the Australian Army’s stock of missiles, most recently in March 2023 when the DSCA approved a sale of 255 FGM-148Fs.