US State Department approves munitions FMS for Nigeria

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Nigeria of munitions, including precision bombs and rockets, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 13 August 2025.

The proposed sale, which is worth an estimated USD 346 million (EUR 297 million), has been forwarded to the US Congress for final approval.

Nigeria has requested to buy 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb (227 kg) bombs; 1,002 MXU-650 air foil groups (AFGs) for 500 lb Paveway II GBU-12 bombs; 515 MXU-1006 AFGs for 250 lb (113 kg) Paveway II GBU-58 bombs; 1,517 MAU-169 or MAU-209 computer control groups (CCGs) for Paveway II GBU-12/GBU-58 bombs; 1,002 FMU-152 joint programmable fuzes; and 5,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) all-up-rounds (AURs) (each consisting of a WGU-59/B guidance section, high-explosive warhead and MK66-4 rocket motor).

Also included in the package are FMU-139 joint programmable fuzes, bomb components, impulse cartridges, high-explosive and practice rockets, integration support and test equipment, and various aspects of technical, engineering, logistics and programme support.

The DSCA stated that the proposed sale “will improve Nigeria’s capability to meet current and future threats through operations against terrorist organisations and to counter illicit trafficking in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea”.

Nigeria faces a number of threats to its internal security, including the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in the northeast, Biafran separatism in the southeast, banditry and kidnapping, and farmer-herder conflict.

The principal contractors for the FMS will be RTX Missiles and Defense out of Tucson, Arizona; Lockheed Martin out of Archibald, Pennsylvania; and BAE Systems out of Hudson, New Hampshire.