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Saudi Arabia FMS Requests Total Nearly $1 Billion For LAVs, Sensor Fuzed Weapons

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Friday, June 17th, 2011

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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) June 13 notified Congress that Saudi Arabia would spend nearly $1 billion in Foreign Military Sales for Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs) for its armed forces and separately for its national guard, as well as CBU-105D/B Sensor Fuzed Weapons. The first FMS request was for a potential $263 million for 23 LAV-25mm Light Armored Vehicles (LAV), 14 LAV Personnel Carriers, four LAV Ambulances, three LAV Recovery vehicles, nine LAV Command and Control vehicles and 20…

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MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says

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