Security & Defense

U.S. Notice of Proposed Arms Sale to the United Arab Emirates

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice discloses a proposed U.S. arms sale to the United Arab Emirates worth an estimated $147.6 million. The package covers 1,500 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II guidance sections, along with launchers, warheads, rocket motors, fuzes, training, technical support, transport, and logistics services. The practical effect is to notify Congress and the public that the sale is under review under U.S. arms export rules. It mainly affects defense contractors, U.S. government agencies involved in foreign military sales, and UAE defense procurement teams.

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Key Changes

  • Discloses a proposed $147.6 million U.S. foreign military sale to the United Arab Emirates
  • Covers 1,500 APKWS-II air-to-air guidance sections and related equipment
  • Includes U.S. government and contractor training, technical, engineering, logistics, and transport support

Obligations

What this law requires

medium

The Department of Defense must publish the unclassified text of the arms sales notification to fulfill section 155 of Public Law 104-164.

Department of Defense
disclosure
high

The proposed issuance of the Letter of Offer for this arms sale must be notified to Congress pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act.

Defense Security Cooperation Agency and Department of Defense
reporting

Affected Parties

United Arab Emirates defense procurement authoritiesU.S. defense contractors+2 more…

Tags

arms sales,foreign military sales,United Arab Emirates…