DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Saudi Arabia for an AWACS modernization program and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.0 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on August 12, 2014. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saudi-arabia-requests-2bn-upgrade-for-awacs-60353/

DefenceTalkExelis has received a contract valued at more than $9 million to provide advanced military air traffic management capabilities to the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG). Under this foreign military sales contract, Exelis will supply the GCA-2020 precision ground control approach radar to support the SANG’s growing aviation mission requirements. The contract was awarded by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exelis-to-supply-high-performance-radar-to-saudi-national-guard-60233/

DefenceTalkUS Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will fly to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel next week for talks that are expected to focus on Iran’s nuclear program and Syria’s civil war, officials said Friday. “This trip will be the secretary’s third to the Middle East in just over a year, and it will advance America’s regional […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-chief-to-head-to-saudi-israel-next-week-59563/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Thursday strongly denied it had any plans to send weapons to Syrian rebels, following reports that Saudi Arabia was holding talks with it about arming the opposition. Pakistani foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam said at a regular briefing that Islamabad did not supply arms to “entities”, meaning rebel groups, and respected Syria’s sovereignty. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-denies-plans-to-arm-syrian-rebels-58883/

DefenceTalkThe Canadian subsidiary of US arms maker General Dynamics has won a $10 billion order for armored vehicles for Saudi Arabia, Canada’s Trade Minister Ed Fast announced Friday. The deal comes as Saudi Arabia is accumulating weapons at a rapid pace and amid growing tensions in the Middle East, and drew criticism from the Canadian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/general-dynamics-gets-10-billion-saudi-arms-order-58794/

DefenceTalkLebanon announced a Saudi pledge of $3 billion on Sunday to buy military equipment from France, as it buried leading Sunni politician Mohammad Chatah, killed in a Beirut car bombing. Friday’s killing of Chatah, a prominent critic of the Syrian regime, revived painful memories of political assassinations and came as the conflict in Lebanon’s larger […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lebanon-in-3-billion-saudi-military-aid-pledge-49988/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for tube-launched, optically-tracked wire-guided missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $170 million. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has requested the possible sale of 750 BGM-71 2B Tube-launched, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saudi-arabia-to-buy-tow-missiles-for-170m-49860/

DefenceTalkSaudi Arabia wants to buy five German submarines for around 2.5 billion euros ($3.4 billion) and more than two dozen more in the future, a newspaper reported Sunday. Citing unidentified government sources, Sunday’s Bild newspaper said Riyadh had its eye initially on buying the five Type 209 submarines, followed long-term by up to 25 submarines […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saudi-arabia-eyes-buying-german-submarines-report-49544/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin has entered into an agreement — known as an Undefinitized Contract Action — with the U.S. Government for the Foreign Military Sale of the first two of 25 potential C-130J Super Hercules airlifters for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Specifically, this contract action is for the purchase of two KC-130J refueling tankers. “Here […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saudi-arabia-orders-2-kc-130j-refueling-tankers-49448/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon said Thursday it plans to sell Washington’s Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates $10.8 billion worth of missiles and munitions, including “bunker-buster” bombs. The move follows a series of US weapons deals in recent years that have bolstered the air power and missile arsenals of Gulf states, which view Iran […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-sell-10-8-bln-in-missiles-bombs-to-saudis-uae-49415/