Overview
- State Department and DSCA notifications place a $3 billion F-15 sustainment package and a separate roughly $9 billion Patriot PAC‑3 MSE missile sale under statutory congressional review.
- The F-15 support case covers spares and repair parts, software and publications, training, and U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics services.
- The Patriot proposal includes about 730 PAC‑3 MSE interceptors plus associated kits, spares and training, with Lockheed Martin identified as the principal contractor.
- Implementation may require a small number of additional long‑term U.S. contractors or military personnel in Saudi Arabia, with officials saying there is no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness.
- The F-15 sustainment effort has no designated prime contractor, and U.S. officials say both sales advance U.S. foreign policy objectives and do not change the region’s military balance.