US Clears Massive $5 Billion Saudi Arms Sale with 10,000 JDAM Kits, 10,000 Bombs
- On Friday, the State Department approved a potential $5 billion sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions-Extend Range kits to Saudi Arabia, with Boeing supplying over 10,000 units.
- Saudi Arabia's request follows heavy aerial bombardment during conflict with Iran, which the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates has depleted the country's inventories of key precision munitions.
- Separately, the State Department approved a $750 million sale of 60 AGT-1500 tank engines for the Saudi Abrams fleet, contributing to a broader $6.1 billion equipment package for Oman, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.
- Each sale remains subject to a 30-day congressional notification period, though lawmakers could technically block the deals, a step considered unlikely.
- The State Department authorized a $150 million sale of Bell 412EPX helicopters to Iraq with Bell-Textron as primary contractor, following a separate $800 million helicopter package to Baghdad cleared on Monday.
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Saudi Arabia has requested 10,000 JDAM-ER aerial bombs and guidance kits, including 5,000 227 kg ammunition and an additional 5,000 907 kg bombs.
Saudi Arabia set to buy over 10,000 guided bomb kits
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $5 billion sale of Joint Direct Attack Munition kits to Saudi Arabia, notifying Congress on September 4 of a deal covering more than 10,000 guidance kits and bombs. It is one of the largest single munitions packages Washington has cleared for a foreign buyer in years, and […]
The U.S. Department of State announced approval of Saudi Arabia's sale of high-quality air munitions of an increased range of JDAM-ER and associated equipment worth $5 billion. "The proposed sale will improve Saudi Arabia's air defence capabilities to counter current and future regional threats, strengthen the country's defence and improve interaction with systems used by US forces and other partners in the Gulf region," states the State Departm…
US approves potential sale of munitions, guidance kits to Saudi Arabia worth $5 billion - The Tribune
The United States on Friday (local time) approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Saudi Arabia involving Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range (JDAM-ER) systems, bombs and related equipment valued at an estimated USD 5 billion.
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