Notice2025-22602
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
December 12, 2025
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Defense Department
Abstract
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 237 (Friday, December 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57751-57753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 24-0G]
Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales
notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Urooj Zahra at (703) 695-6233,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f184839e9e9bdf8b90998390df929887b19c90989ddf9c989d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="deabacb1b1b4f0a4bfb6acbff0bdb7a89eb3bfb7b2f0b3b7b2">[email protected]</span></a>, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbbfa8b8baf5b5b8a9f5a9a8a9b8b6bcb6aff5b7b2a8aff5b8b5a8f6b6b9a39bb6bab2b7f5b6b2b7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e480978785ca8a8796ca9697968789838990ca888d9790ca878a97c989869ca489858d88ca898d88">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 36(b)(5)(C) arms sales notification is
published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-
164 dated July 21, 1996. The following is a copy of a letter to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives with attached Transmittal 24-
0G.
Dated: December 9, 2025.
Stephanie J. Bost,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 24-0G
REPORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR UPGRADE OF SENSITIVITY OF TECHNOLOGY OR
CAPABILITY (SEC. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(ii) Sec. 36(B)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 15-68
Date: October 19, 2015
Implementing Agency: Navy
Funding Source: National Funds
(iii) Description: On October 19, 2015, Congress was notified by
congressional certification transmittal number 15-68 of the possible
sale, under Section 36(b)(l) of the Arms Export Control Act, of a
comprehensive naval modernization program referred to as the Saudi
Naval Expansion Program II (SNEP- II). This 2015 notification of the
next phase of that program will include Multi-Mission Surface Combatant
(MMSC) ships and program office support. The MMSC will consist of the
following Major Defense Equipment (MDE): four (4) MMSC ships (a
derivative of the Freedom Variant of the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship
(LCS) Class) that incorporate five (5) COMBATSS-21 Combat Management
Systems (four (4) installed, one (1) spare) with five (5) TRS-4D Radars
(four (4) installed, one (1) spare); five (5) Identification Friend or
Foe (IFF) (Mode 4- and Mode 5-capable) UPX-29 (four (4) installed, one
(1) spare); five (5) Compact Low Frequency Active Passive Variable
Depth Sonar (four (4) installed, one (1) spare); eight (8) MK-41
Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) (two (2) eight-cell assemblies per ship
for 16 cells per hull); five-hundred thirty-two (532) tactical RIM-162
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) (one hundred twenty-eight (128)
installed, twenty (20) test and training rounds, three hundred eighty-
four (384) spares); five (5) AN/SWG-l (V) Harpoon Ship Command Launch
Control Systems (four (4) installed (one (1) per ship), one (1) spare);
eight (8) Harpoon Shipboard Launchers (two (2) installed four-tube
assemblies per ship); forty-eight (48) RGM-84 Harpoon Block II Missiles
(thirty-two (32) installed, sixteen (16) test and training rounds);
five (5) MK-15 Mod 31 SeaRAM Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) (four (4)
installed, one (1) spare); one-hundred eighty-eight (188) RIM 116C
Block II Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) (forty-four (44) installed,
twelve (12) test and training rounds, one hundred thirty-two (132)
spares); five (5) MK-75 76mm OTO Melara Gun Systems (four (4)
installed, one (1) spare); and forty-eight (48) 50-caliber machine guns
(forty (40) installed (ten (10) per ship), eight (8) spares); ordnance;
and Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Global
Positioning System/Precise Positioning Service (GPS/PPS) navigation
equipment. Also included in this sale in support of the MMSC are:
study, design and construction of
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operations; support and training facilities; spare and repair parts;
support and test equipment; communications equipment employing Link 16
equipment; Fire Control System/Ceros 200 Sensor and Illuminator; 20mm
Narwhal Gun; Nixie AN/SLQ-25A Surface Ship Torpedo Defense System; MK-
32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes; WBR-2000 Electronic Support Measure
and Threat Warning System; Automatic Launch of Expendables (ALEX) Chaff
and Decoy-Launching System; ARC-210 Radios; Combined Enterprise
Regional Information Exchange System (CENTRIXS); Automated Digital
Network System; publications and technical documentation; personnel
training and training equipment; U.S. Government and contractor
engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other
related elements of logistical and program support. In addition, this
case provided overarching program office support for the SNEP II to
include: U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical and
logistics support, and other related elements of program support to
meet necessities for program execution. The estimated cost was $11.25
billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $4.30 billion of
this total.
On May 24, 2019, Congress was notified by congressional
certification transmittal number 0P-19 of the inclusion of four (4)
Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio
Systems (MIDS JTRS) to be installed on Saudi Arabia's Multi-Mission
Surface Combatant (MMSC) ships, support equipment, engineering and
technical support, training, and other related elements of program
support. The estimated total value remained at $11.25 billion. The
total MDE value increased by $7 million to a revised MDE total of
$4.307 billion.
This transmittal notifies the inclusion of one hundred forty-eight
(148) RGM-114-L Longbow Hellfire missiles (32 for each of 4 ships, 20
for testing); five (5) Indra Rigel Electronic Attack Systems (1 per
ship, 1 for training); and sixteen (16) M240B machine guns (4 per ship)
for installation on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Multi-Mission Surface
Combatant (MMSC) ships. Also included is engineering and technical
support; training; and other related elements of logistics and program
support. The estimated total case value will remain $11.25 billion. The
total MDE value will increase by $403 million to a revised $4.71
billion.
(iv) Significance: This notification is being provided as the
additional MDE items were not enumerated in the original notification.
The proposed sale will support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with added
protection in the Persian Gulf to meet current and future maritime
threats. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia intends to use the capability to
support interoperability with U.S. forces and to support joint and
coalition warfighting capabilities in the region.
(v) Justification: This proposed sale will contribute to the
foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by
ensuring the readiness of a friendly country that continues to be an
important force for political stability and economic growth in the
Middle East.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology:
Longbow Hellfire (LBHF) is a short-range, precision strike, air-to-
surface missile that uses millimeter wave (MMW) radar guidance. LBHF
was developed as an anti-armor weapon for helicopters. As part of the
U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, the missile was
modified to serve in a shipboard surface-to-surface role. This modified
missile was adapted for use in a quad pack canister installed into the
Mk-41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) for the Multi-Mission Surface
Combatant (MMSC) ships.
The Indra Electronic Warfare (EW) suite will provide electronic
surveillance, electronic protection, and electronic attack capabilities
for the MMSC ships. The EW suite that will be installed on the MMSC
ships is comprised of radar electronic support measures, which detect
and identify enemy communications, and active radar electronic
countermeasures, which jam and disrupt enemy radar performance and
communications. The Indra EW suite will not be integrated with the
ship's combat management system, will not exchange classified data, and
the U.S. Navy will not provide threat library information. The EW suite
is available internationally through Indra.
The M240B machine guns will provide shipboard self-defense for MMSC
ships in the Arabian Gulf, helping to protect critical ports and
waterways while ensuring freedom of navigation.
The Sensitivity of Technology Statement contained in the original
notification applies to additional items reported here.
The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
(vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: October 11, 2024
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