US names Pakistan, Saudi Arabia among buyers in new American air-to-air missile deal
ISLAMABAD: The US Department of War has named Pakistan and Saudi Arabia among countries included in a new contract for the supply of US-made air-to-air missiles, while separately approving a deal to improve communications systems on Saudi fighter jets, according to an official statement released on its website.
In its Sept. 30 bulletin, the Department of War said it had awarded Raytheon Missiles & Defense a $41.68 million modification “to provide production support for the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile,” a weapon designed to enable fighter aircraft to destroy enemy planes at long range.
The same announcement listed a wide range of US allies and partners receiving the system through the Foreign Military Sales program.
“This contract involves foreign military sales to United Kingdom, Poland, Pakistan, Germany, Finland, Australia, Romania, Qatar, Oman, Korea, Greece, Switzerland, Portugal, Singapore, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Japan, Slovakia, Denmark, Canada, Belgium, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Norway, Spain, Kuwait, Finland, Sweden, Taiwan, Lithuania, Israel, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkiye,” the Department of War statement read.
