The State Department approved a possible $181 million military sale to the Czech Republic, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said May 5. The sale includes communications equipment and logistics and program support. The principal contractor will be L3Harris Global Communications.
The State Department approved possible military sales -- to Norway, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia -- the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said last week.
The Bureau of Industry and Security recently published the presentation slides from its annual update conference in March. Officials during the conference previewed a spike in export enforcement (see 2503180041 and 2503210030), license requirements (see 2503200043 and 2503180057), due diligence expectations (see 2503240018) and more.
The State Department approved two possible military sales, to India and Kuwait, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said this week.
The State Department has approved a possible $1.33 billion military sale to Poland, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said April 29. The sale includes “AIM-120D Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles" and related elements of logistics and program support. The principal contractor will be RTX Corp.
The State Department has approved a possible $280 million military sale to Romania, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said April 28. The sale includes a “PATRIOT Air Defense System" and related equipment, and the principal contractors will be RTX Corp. and Lockheed Martin.
The State Department last week released its annual report to Congress of authorized exports of defense goods and services to foreign countries and international organizations during FY 2024. The report covers direct commercial sales of licensed items for permanent export under the Arms Export Control Act and includes export statistics for each country and organization, including aggregate dollar values of the exports, their quantities and data on the actual shipments of those licensed exports.
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls this week released its notifications to Congress of recently proposed export licenses. The notifications, which cover licenses submitted from April through June and July through September of 2024, include exports to Japan, the Netherlands, Australia, Finland, Israel, Canada, Ukraine, Norway, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere.
The State Department has approved a possible $2.19 billion military sale to the Netherlands, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said April 25. The sale includes “Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and related equipment,” and the principal contractor will be RTX Corp.
Foreign countries' retaliatory tariffs against the Trump administration’s new global tariffs could cut U.S. exports of goods covered by the World Trade Organization’s Information Technology Agreement by at least $56 billion a year, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said April 23.