Overview
- The State Department’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of three proposed Foreign Military Sales packages worth about $1.4 billion.
- The Bahrain case totals $445 million for F-16 sustainment, including parts, missile containers, radar components, guidance spares, ground support gear and lab equipment, with GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics as expected contractors.
- Saudi Arabia’s first package is a $500 million program for helicopter spare parts, repairs and logistics support across Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Corps aircraft such as Black Hawks, Apaches and Chinooks.
- A second Saudi package, also valued at $500 million, is a blanket-order training program enabling U.S. Army-provided instruction for the Saudi land forces aviation corps.
- DSCA said the proposals require no new U.S. personnel and do not alter the regional military balance, following a recent Washington visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and broader U.S.-Saudi defense initiatives.