The State Department approved three Foreign Military Sales (FMS) requests worth a total of $889 million to Morocco for Tow 2A missiles and Qatar for C-17 spare engines and continued logistics support services.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sales on Dec. 7.
Morocco requested $108 million in 1,200 TOW 2A Radio Frequency (RF) missiles (BGM-71-4B-RF) and 14 TOW 2A RF missiles (Fly-to-Buy Lot Acceptance Missiles), U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The Major Defense Equipment (MDE) portion of the sale is estimated at $101 million.
The primary contract is Raytheon [RTN].
Morocco will use the missiles and equipment to advance its efforts to develop an integrated ground defense capability, DSCA said.
Implementation of the sale will require an unnamed amount of U.S. government or contractor representatives to travel to Morocco.
Separately, Qatar made two FMS requests for spare engines and a continuation of logistic support for its eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft procured under a Direct Commercial Sale (DCS).
The Qatar sales include four spare F117-PW-100 engines, Quick Engine Change (QEC) Kits, Engine Transport Trailers, Engine Platforms, Engine Trailers, and other various support for $81 million.
The sale for continued logistics support includes contract labor for sustainment engineering, on-site COMSEC support, Quality Assurance, support equipment repair, supply chain management, spares replenishment, maintenance, back shop support, and centralized maintenance support/associated services.
This FMS also encompasses required upgrades including fixed installation satellite antenna, Mode 5+ installation and sustainment, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out, and two special operations loading ramps. The logistics support contract is valued at $700 million.
The primary contract for the Qatar FMS is Boeing [BA].
Qatar will use the proposed equipment and services to enhance its ability to operate and maintain the C-17 fleet. This supports Qatar’s ability to support troops in coalition operations and provide humanitarian aid in the Middle East and Africa regions, the agency said.
DSCA highlighted Qatar’s current contract supporting its C-17 fleet will expire in September 2017.
Implementation of the continuation of logistics support services sale will require about five additional U.S. government and 50 contractor representatives to Qatar. Other representatives required to support the spare C-17 engines will be determined in joint negotiations as the program proceeds through development, production, and equipment installation phases.