
The State Department has approved a potential $3 billion sale of Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia and a nearly $2.3 billion deal for THAAD missile defense capabilities with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Tuesday of both foreign military sales. The deal with Saudi Arabia is intended to replenish the country’s “dwindling stock” of Patriot MIM-104E GEM-T missiles, the DSCA said, with Riyadh having requested 300 of the Raytheon Technologies [RTX]-built missiles.…