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U.S. OKs Over $8.6 Billion In Expedited Arms Sales To Several Middle East Partners

By Matthew Beinart

Saturday, May 2nd, 2026

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U.S. OKs Over $8.6 Billion In Expedited Arms Sales To Several Middle East Partners

A GEM-T, the Patriot Advanced Capability 2 (PAC-2) missile interceptor test launch (Photo: RTX)

The U.S. on Friday evening approved over $8.6 billion in expedited arms sales to several Middle East partners, to include a $4 billion deal to replenish Qatar’s interceptors for the Patriot air defense system and a $2.5 billion agreement with Kuwait for the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS). Each of the five new Foreign Military Sales (FMS), which also includes three separate deals totaling more than $2 billion for Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS), received an emergency designation from…

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