The US State Department has approved the potential sale of L3Harris portable radio equipment and related gear to the Netherlands for $1.42 billion.
As part of the deal, Amsterdam intends to purchase five types of L3Harris radios, walkie-talkies, communication equipment, network encoders, and related logistics support.
The delivery would include multiband networking manpack AN/PRC-117G radios, wideband networking handheld AN/PRC-152A radios, and wideband high and very high-frequency manpack AN/PRC-160 radios.
Multi-channel handheld AN/PRC-163 radios and multi-channel manpack AN/PRC-167 radios would be also included in the sale.
As many of L3Harris’s technologies are integrated within NATO standards, the proposed sale will improve the Dutch military’s interoperability with NATO allies, according to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Last year, the Netherlands Armed Forces signed a $2.7-billion deal with L3Harris Technologies to supply new radios for the army’s communications upgrade initiative.