The State Department approved a possible $260 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to Qatar for RIM-116C and RIM-116C-2 Rolling Airframe Missiles and associated equipment, training, and support.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on April 21.
The sale would include 252 RIM-116C Rolling Airframe Tactical Missiles and two RIM 116C-2 Rolling Airframe Telemetry Missiles. The sale also includes support equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services, live fire test event support, and other related integration elements. The major defense equipment (MDE) portion of the sale is estimated at $227 million.
The prime contractor is Raytheon [RTN] and the possible sale has no known associated offset agreements.
Qatar would use the missiles as a military capability to protect its naval forces and nearby oil/gas infrastructure from air and missile threats, the agency said.
DSCA highlighted Qatar is “an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Persian Gulf region.”
Implementation of the FMS would require U.S. government and contractor representatives to travel to Qatar for multiple trips to participate in program and technical reviews, system integration, as well as training and maintenance support in-country for 36 months.