US Preparing to Sell $10.8 Billion in Weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) is seeking approval from the United States Congress to sell $10.8 Billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which has been in the works for some time.

The package is noteworthy because it includes several weapons types that will be exported to these countries for the first time. It will give both countries a level of precision strike that previously did not exist.

The package for Saudi Arabia is worth $6.8 billion and includes:

• 650 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missiles-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER)
• 973 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW)
• 400 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles
• 1000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB)
• 40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM)
• 20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry Missiles
• 4 Dummy Air Training Missiles
• 60 AWW-13 Data Link pods
• 10 JSOW CATMs
• 40 Harpoon CATMs
• 20 ATM-84L Harpoon Exercise Missiles
• 36 SDB Captive Flight and Load Build trainers

 The package for the UAE is worth $4 billion and includes:

• 5000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB) with BRU-61 carriage systems
• 8 SDB Guided Test Vehicles for aircraft integration
• 16 SDB Captive Flight and Load Build trainers
• 1200 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW)
• 10 JSOW CATMs
• 300 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missiles-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER)
• 40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles
• 20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry Missiles
• 4 Dummy Air Training Missiles
• 30 AWW-13 Data Link pods

Also included in both packages is integration support and testing, munitions storage security and training, weapon operational flight program software development, tools test and support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel and equipment training, US Government and contractor engineering and logistics support services and other related elements of logistics support.

The weapons will be used with Saudi Arabia's fleet of F-15SA fighter aircraft. In December 2011, Saudi Arabia signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) to purchase 84 new F-15SA and to upgrade almost 70 older F-15 to the new standard as part of a $29.4 billion arms deal.

In the UAE, the weapons will equip the existing fleet of almost 80 F-16E/F Block 60 fighter aircraft that the UAE purchased in 2000. They're the most advanced version of the widely used F-16 and the UAE is the only user of its kind anywhere.


http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/saudi-arabia-various-munitions-and-support

http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/united-arab-emirates-uae-various-munitions-and-support

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