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US plans massive arms sale to Saudi to counter Iran
WASHINGTON: The United States plans to offer Saudi Arabia 60 billion dollars’ worth of hi-tech fighters and helicopters to help counter the threat posed by Iran, in the largest ever US arms deal, officials said. A senior defense official said President Barack Obama’s administration would formally notify Congress this week or next about the groundbreaking [...]
US-Saudi Arms Package Set to Grow Even Bigger
WASHINGTON: The $30 billion arms package that the Obama administration has been preparing for Saudi Arabia could double in size thanks to the inclusion of up to 130 attack helicopters. If fully approved, the $60 billion, 10-year arms agreement would be the largest in U.S. history. Earlier reports mentioned the sale of 84 new Boeing [...]
US Considering Saudi Arms Sales Valued at Up to $30 billion
NEWTOWN, Conn.: The U.S. is considering an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia having a potential value of close to $30 billion, according to the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Navy Vice Adm. Jeffrey Wieringa. The package will include 84 new Boeing F-15 jet fighters, 72 UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters, and the [...]
Saudi Order Launches S-70i Black Hawk Production
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior (MOI) has become the launch customer for the new S-70i helicopter. The MOI signed a contract to acquire three of the latest model aircraft in the celebrated Black Hawk helicopter line, and has taken options to acquire 12 [...]
Saudis test clearing skies for Israel to bomb Iran
London: Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to allow Israeli warplanes to use its airspace in any bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times newspaper reported Saturday. “The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way,” a US defence [...]
Cubic to Supply Small Arms Trainers to Saudi Arabian National Guard
SAN DIEGO, CA: A defense unit of Cubic Corporation has been awarded a contract worth more than $30 million to supply small arms training systems to Saudi Arabia. Cubic will provide its EST 2000 Engagement Skills Trainer to the Saudi Arabian National Guard under a contract from the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, [...]
Saudis eye Russian air defence system: analysts
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is weighing buying an advanced Russian missile system to shore up its defense against a potentially nuclear Iran, Gulf analysts and diplomats said. They said Moscow and Riyadh are close to sealing a deal on a multi-billion-dollar weapons package that could include Russia’s advanced S-400 missile defence system. It is the newest [...]
Saudi Arabia Orders IRIS-T air-to-air Guided Missile
The missile system house Diehl BGT Defence has won Saudi Arabia as a new export customer for the IRIS-T air-to-air guided missile. Both the Eurofighter Typhoon as well as the Tornado combat aircraft of the Saudi Air Force are to be equipped with IRIS-T missiles. IRIS-T is a European six-nation program under German supervision and [...]
Saudi Arabia set to buy Russian military helicopters
MOSCOW: Russia is concluding talks with Saudi Arabia on selling 30 Mi-171B helicopters, a source close to the negotiations said on Tuesday. “We are in a final stage of talks on the purchase of 30 helicopters and hope to sign the deal in September,” the source told RIA Novosti. The Mi-171 is an export version [...]


