Overview
- Notifications detail packages for the UAE that include a $4.5 billion long-range discrimination radar integrated with THAAD, $2.1 billion in FS-LIDS counter-drone systems, about $1.22 billion for roughly 400 AIM-120C AMRAAMs, and $644 million in F-16 munitions and upgrades.
- Kuwait is cleared for up to eight Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor radars valued at about $8 billion to bolster lower-tier detection and tracking.
- Jordan’s approved case totals $70.5 million for aircraft maintenance, spare parts and logistics tied to its existing fleet.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined an emergency existed under the Arms Export Control Act, enabling immediate processing and bypassing the standard congressional review period.
- U.S. officials cast the expedited sales as reinforcing layered defenses and interoperability for key partners as Iranian strikes escalate, with prime contractors listed including Lockheed Martin and RTX.