US approves potential $200 million sale of Hellfire missiles to the Netherlands

U.S. sailors, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 46, unload an AGM-114 Hellfire missile from an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black supporting Operation Epic Fury during the Iran war at an undisclosed location, March 23, 2026. U.S. (Navy/Handout via REUTERS)


April 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it approved the potential sale of Hellfire missiles to the Netherlands for $200 million.

The principal contractor for the sale is Lockheed Martin, it said.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Daphne Psaledakis)