US approves possible sale of Navy satellite communication terminals to UK, Pentagon says

(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Navy Multiband Terminals, a maritime military satellite communications system, and related equipment to the United Kingdom for an estimated cost of $200 million, the Pentagon said in a statement Monday.

The principal contractor for the sale is RTX Corporation, the Pentagon said.

(Reporting by Christian Martinez in Los Angeles and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto)