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 "slug": "us-approves-11-9-billion-aegis-spy-6-fms-to-germany-for-eight-f127-frigate-shipsets",
 "title": "US Approves $11.9 Billion Aegis/SPY-6 FMS to Germany for Eight F127 Frigate Shipsets",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-approves-11-9-billion-aegis-spy-6-fms-to-germany-for-eight-f127-frigate-shipsets/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-approves-11-9-billion-aegis-spy-6-fms-to-germany-for-eight-f127-frigate-shipsets/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-04-20T00:50:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-04-27T00:02:56.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWashington, 17 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * State Department clears Foreign Military Sale of Aegis Combat System MK 6 MOD X and AN/SPY-6(V)1 radars across eight F127 air-defence frigate shipsets\n * F127 programme grown from six to eight ships; Mk 41 VLS expanded from 64 to 96 cells per ship under Baseline VIII\n * Germany becomes the first international SPY-6(V)1 customer; package includes 173 SM-6 Block I and 577 SM-2 Block IIIC missiles\n\n\n\n\n\nThe US State Department on 17 April appr",
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  "iamd-air-missile-defense",
  "space-isr",
  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende",
  "naval-defense",
  "transatlantic"
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  "lockheed-martin",
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