The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency has cleared nearly $1 billion in military hardware sales to Iraq after receiving the State Department’s required approval and notified Congress of the pending transaction.
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Iraq requested an estimated $101 million for M1151A Up-Armored Humvees and associated support, $90 million for the potential sale of aerostats and Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment tower systems and associated support, and $790 million for AT-6C Texan II aircraft and associated support.
AM General would be the principal contractor for the Humvees, DSCA said Tuesday.
The potential Humvee sales would help Iraq make progress toward increasing its ability to defend its oil infrastructure against terrorist attacks. Iraq will use the Humvee’s to bolster the safety, effectiveness, and self-reliance of the Iraqi Army’s Oil Pipeline Security Division.
Raytheon [RTN] would be the principal contractor for Iraq’s request for the possible sale of seven 17-meter aerostats and 14 Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment Tower systems and support.
This proposed sale would aid Iraq’s ability to provide protection of national level command and control sites, military installations, and other critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks, DSCA said.
The third potential FMS action would be for 24 AT-6C Texan II aircraft, associated equipment spares and repair parts and other support.
The equipment and support would help enable Iraqi forces to sustain themselves in their efforts to bring stability to Iraq and to prevent overflow of unrest into neighboring countries, DSCA said.
The principal contractors would be: Beechcraft Defense Co. [TXT], Lockheed Martin [LMT] CAE USA, Pratt & Whitney [UTC] the U.K.’s Martin Baker, Tailwind Technologies Inc.’s Hartzell Propeller, Canadian Marconi, L-3 Communications [LLL] units Wescam and Systems West.