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Amount is the notified estimate, not actual expenditure."},{"id":"global-fms-de","title":"Germany: AIM-120D-3 missile package","url":"https://www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/Major-Arms-Sales/Article-Display/Article/4314880/germany-aim-120d-3-advanced-medium-range-air-to-air-missiles","publisher":"Defense Security Cooperation Agency","publishedAt":"2025-09-25","accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary","note":"Possible Foreign Military Sale; transmittal 25-81. Search-indexed official release checked; direct retrieval of several DSCA article pages returned 403. Amount is the notified estimate, not actual expenditure."},{"id":"global-fms-gb","title":"United Kingdom: C-17 aircraft sustainment support","url":"https://www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/Major-Arms-Sales/Article-Display/Article/4285993/united-kingdom-c-17-globemaster-iii-aircraft-sustainment-support","publisher":"Defense Security Cooperation Agency","publishedAt":"2025-08-26","accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary","note":"Possible Foreign Military Sale. Search-indexed official release checked; direct retrieval of several DSCA article pages returned 403. Amount is the notified estimate, not actual expenditure."},{"id":"global-fms-jp","title":"Japan: Standard Missile 6 Block I package","url":"https://www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/Major-Arms-Sales/Article-Display/Article/4049967/japan-standard-missile-6-sm-6-block-i-missiles","publisher":"Defense Security Cooperation Agency","publishedAt":"2025-01-31","accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary","note":"Possible Foreign Military Sale; transmittal 25-06. Search-indexed official release checked; direct retrieval of several DSCA article pages returned 403. 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