US State Dept OKs potential sale of Standard Missile 6 Block I to South Korea - Pentagon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of Standard Missile 6 Block I to South Korea for an estimated $650 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

The principal contractor will be Raytheon Missiles and Defense, the Pentagon said.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward; writing by Paul Grant; editing by Dan Whitcomb)