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BUSH APPROVES $6B ARMS SALE TO SAUDIS
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Bush administration has approved the sale of more than $6 billion worth of military platforms and equipment to Saudi Arabia.
The Defense Department has notified Congress that the administration plans to sell helicopters, armored vehicles, communications systems and other equipment to Saudi Arabia. Officials said this would mark the largest Saudi arms purchase from the United States in more than a decade.
The largest element of the proposed deal would be the sale of 724 lightly armored vehicles, or LAV-25s, built by General Dynamics. The sale would also include more than 2,300 long-range AN/VRC-90E, 92E and 119E single-channel ground and airborne radio systems manufactured by Harris Corp.
The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the proposed contracts with General Dynamics and Harris would reach $5.8 billion. Officials said the armored vehicles and radios would be supplied to the Saudi Arabian National Guard.
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/july/07_24_2.html
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Bush administration has approved the sale of more than $6 billion worth of military platforms and equipment to Saudi Arabia.
The Defense Department has notified Congress that the administration plans to sell helicopters, armored vehicles, communications systems and other equipment to Saudi Arabia. Officials said this would mark the largest Saudi arms purchase from the United States in more than a decade.
The largest element of the proposed deal would be the sale of 724 lightly armored vehicles, or LAV-25s, built by General Dynamics. The sale would also include more than 2,300 long-range AN/VRC-90E, 92E and 119E single-channel ground and airborne radio systems manufactured by Harris Corp.
The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the proposed contracts with General Dynamics and Harris would reach $5.8 billion. Officials said the armored vehicles and radios would be supplied to the Saudi Arabian National Guard.
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/july/07_24_2.html
