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State Department Approves $23 Billion Sale Of F-35s, MQ-9Bs, And Munitions To UAE

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State Department Approves $23 Billion Sale Of F-35s, MQ-9Bs, And Munitions To UAE
F-35As on the runway before a combat exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah in November, 2018. The program helped bolster sales and earnings in Lockheed Martin’s second quarter. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

The State Department on Tuesday approved several Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) totaling $23 billion in F-35s, MQ-9B unmanned aircraft, and various munitions after a peace agreement was signed between Israel and the UAE in September. The Trump administration informally notified Congress of the proposed sale of 50 F-35s by October, but earlier this month Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.,) chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a bill to restrict sales of sophisticated arms…

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