# Federal Register #2026-21344

Saudi Arabia proposed arms sale and additional equipment for Spain’s MH-60R sale

**Buyer:** Defense Department
**Posted:** October 19, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-21344
**NAICS:** 336413, 423860

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notice combines a proposed Saudi Arabian arms sale with added equipment and support for Spain’s potential MH-60R helicopter sale.
- **Government buyers and offices**
  - The Department of Defense’s **Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)** issued the notices; the U.S. Air Force is the military department for the proposed sale to the **Kingdom of Saudi Arabia**.
  - The notice also covers amendments to a potential sale to the **Government of Spain**.
- **OEM/vendor named**
  - **Boeing** is identified as the principal contractor for the Saudi Arabian sale.
  - No other OEM or vendor is named in the provided material.
- **Saudi Arabia proposed sale — estimated at $5.0 billion**
  - Includes 5,004 KMU-572 and 5,000 KMU-556 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits, plus 5,004 BLU-111 500-pound and 5,000 BLU-117 2,000-pound general-purpose bombs.
  - Additional listed equipment includes fuzes, target detectors, cartridge-actuated devices, missile and rocket launchers, warheads and rocket motors, radios, warning and countermeasure systems, sonobuoys, targeting and radar systems, navigation equipment, and mission-planning and data-transfer systems. Many of these items have no quantities specified.
  - Requested support includes U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, logistics, obsolescence, integration, testing, and repair-and-return services.
- **Spain MH-60R sale amendment — additional items estimated at $250 million**
  - 2 AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar systems, 2 MIDS-JTRS Link 16 radio systems, and 4 embedded GPS/Precise Positioning Service/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGIs).
  - Also includes aircraft components, parts, accessories, and non-recurring engineering. The amendment brings the estimated total value of Spain’s case to $1.2 billion.
- The requested equipment and support are intended to support military missions and readiness; Spain’s sale is intended to support naval anti-surface and antisubmarine warfare and interoperability with the United States and NATO.

### Description

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification concerning additional items for a previously notified potential sale to the Government of Spain. The notice includes two AN/AQS-22 ALFS, two MIDS-JTRS, four EGIs, and related aircraft components, parts, accessories, and non-recurring engineering costs. The estimated total value of the new items is $250 million, increasing the total case value to $1.2 billion. The articles and services are intended to support Spain’s anti-surface and antisubmarine warfare capabilities and other missions.

[View original listing](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/19/2026-21344/arms-sales-notification)