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Saudi Arabia Requests FMS For Modernizing National Guard

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Friday, January 8th, 2010

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Saudi Arabia would like to spend $177 million on a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) for missiles and support, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Dec. 16. Saudi Arabia has requested a possible sale for 2,742 BGM-71E-4B-RF Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW-2A) Radio Frequency missiles (42 missiles are for lot acceptance testing), publications and technical documentation, and other related elements of ogistics support. The proposed sale will support efforts to modernize the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG). Raytheon [RTN] would…

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