(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit and related equipment to Australia for an estimated cost of $97.3 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

The principal contractors for the sale will be the Javelin Joint Venture between RTX Corp and Lockheed Martin.

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones and Bhargav Acharya in Toronto; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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