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Major Arms Sales (via FMS) Notification Tracker

With State Department blessing, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notifies Congress of major arms sales under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, starting a clock (typically 30 days) during which Congress can block a sale by passing a resolution to do so in both the House and Senate. While certain terms of agreements may change and deliveries (if any) take years to complete, these notifications serve as important public moments to understand and debate, where appropriate, future U.S. arms transfers (equipment and services).* 

View downloadable spreadsheet (google doc) with individual sale details from 2013 to today, and summary information back to 1997. 

2021 Notifications

Country
Amount
($million)
Details
Chile
85.0
SM-2 missiles
NATO
65
UHF SATCOM radios
Jordan
60
F-16 training
Egypt
197
rolling airframe missiles (RAM)
Finland
91.2
guided multiple launch rocket systems
TOTAL
498.2
 
View downloadable spreadsheet ​(google doc). Last updated Feb. 19, 2021.

For additional resources, see Security Assistance Monitor. 

2020 Notifications

Country
Amount ($million)
Details
Singapore
​2,750
F-35B fighter aircraft
Australia
2,668.2
Surface Combatant support ($1.5b) long-range anti-ship missiles ($990m) ammunition and accessories ($132.2m)  Javelin missiles ($46m)
India​
2,112
air defense systems 
($1.867b) Harpoon missiles ($92m) C-130J support ($90m)  torpedoes ($63m)
Tunisia
325.8
AT-6 light attack aircraft and munitions
Jordan
323
C3 equipment for multiple-launch rocket systems ($300m) Black Hawk helicopter ($23m)
Netherlands
405.55
Patriot PAC-3 missiles ($241m) torpedo conversion kits ($85m) Excalibur guided projectiles ($40.55m) medium range air-to-air missiles ($39m)
Israel
5400
fuel ($3b) KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft ($2.4b)
Morocco
301.35
HERCULES 
​($239.35m) Harpoon missiles ($62m)
Poland
100
Javelin missiles 
South Korea
1316.1
F-35 support ($675m) Krypton Peace aircraft support ($250m)
F-16 upgrades 
($194m) Sidewinder missiles ($158.1) Phalanx weapons ($39m)
United Arab Emirates
24076
F-35s ($10.4b) munitions ($10b) MQ-9B remote piloted aircraft ($2.97b) MRAPs ($556m) 
helicopter spare-replacement parts (150)
Philippines
2076*
Apache helicopters ($1.5b) OR AH-1Z helicopters ($450m), boats and armaments ($126m)
Egypt
2886.6
Apache attack helicopter refurbishment ($2.3b) maritime systems ($417m) head-of-state aircraft countermeasures ($104m) sniper advanced targeting pods ($65.6m)
Hungary
230
AMRAAM-ER air-to-air missiles
Taiwan
5861.3
Land attack missiles ($1.008b), Patriot missile recertification ($620m), MQ-9B remote piloted aircraft ($600m), Artillery rocket systems ($436.1m), Recce pods ($367.2m) communications equipment ($280m)
heavy weight torpedoes ($180m)
Kuwait
5684.6
Apache attack helicopters ($4.0b) Patriot missile enhancement segments PAC-3 ($800m), Patriot sustainment ($425m),  Patriot repair and return ($200m) Patriot spare parts ($200m)  training ammunition ($59.6m)
Canada
1637.3
Sidewinder missiles + other Hornet support ($862.3m) SM-2 Block IIIC missiles ($500m) C-17 sustainment ($275m)
​Ukraine
600
Mark VI patrol boats
Indonesia
2000
Osprey aircraft
France
2350
Hawkeye aircraft 
($2b) C-130 support ($350m) 
Lithuania
380
Black Hawk helicopters
Argentina
100
Stryker infantry carriers
Japan
23,228.511
F-35 fighter aircraft ($23.1b) air-to-air missiles ($63m) tactical missiles ($55.311m)
Germany
130
MK-54 lightweight torpedoes
Belgium
33.3
MK-54 lightweight torpedoes
Chile
634.70
F-16 modernization
United Kingdom
447.3
C-17 support ($401.3m) Hellfire missiles ($46m)
Spain
248.5
air-to-air missiles
Switzerland
16,232***
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft ($7.452b) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft ($6.56b) Patriot missile systems ($2.2b)
​Finland
27,200**
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft ($14.7b) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft ($12.5b)
Romania
300
coastal defense systems ($300) F-16 modernization ($175.4m)
Guyana
256
light utility helicopters
Lebanon
55.5
high mobility vehicles
Brazil
70
lightweight torpedoes
Croatia
757
Bradley vehicles and missiles
Saudi Arabia
640
training - 5 years ($350m) small diameter bombs ($290m)
Italy
500
Gulfstream aircraft upgrades
Kazakhstan
128.1
King Air B300ER Scorpion aircraft
TOTAL
134,619.911
*, **,***
 
* State Department has indicated that the Philippines is considering only one of the two notified helicopter options, but for accounting purposes, this tracker counts both.
** Finland has
 indicated that is considering only one of the two notified fighter aircraft options, but for accounting purposes, this tracker counts both.
*** The Swiss public narrowly voted in favor of a referendum that could provide enough funding for only one of the two notified fighter attack options, but for accounting purpose, this tracker counts both.

2018 Notifications

Country
Amount
($million)
Details
Mexico
1339.4
multi-mission helicopters 
​($1.20 billion) 
Harpoon missiles + ($98.4 million), Seasparrow missiles ($41m)
Oman
62
F-16 software upgrade +
Japan
3937.3
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft ($3.136 billion) SM-3 missiles 1B&2A ($561 million) SM-3 (Block IIA) missiles ($133.3 million) air to air missiles ($63 million)
Phalanx conversion kits ($45 million)
Saudi Arabia
2886.8
Self-propelled Howitzers systems ($1.31b)
​TOW missiles ($670 million)
missile system support ($500m) spares/repairs for Abrams tanks+ ($300m)
helicopters ($106.8m)
Belgium
6530
F-35 aircraft
Finland
804.7
Harpoon missiles ($622 million) Enhanced Sea Sparrow missiles (112.7 million)
​Mk 41 vertical launching systems ($70 million)
Kuwait
429.8
King Air 350ER ISR aircraft ($259m) 
fast patrol boats ($100m); bombs ($40.4m); Hellfire missiles 
​
($30.4m)
Netherlands
1645
Apache helicopter upgrades ($1.191 billion) F-16 training ($110m) precision guided kits ($70m); MK 54 Lightweight Torpedoes ($169m), Patriot recapitalization ($105m) 
Sweden
3200
Patriot 3+ missile systems and missiles
Ukraine
47
Javelin missiles
UAE
270.4
Sidewinder missiles
Qatar
​712
advanced precision-kills weapons systems ($300m) medium range air-to-air missiles ($215m) Air Force air operation upgrades 
​($197m)
Slovakia
2910
F-16s, missiles and bombs
Spain
2160.4
CH-47F cargo helicopters($1.3b) AEGIS systems ($860.4m)
United Kingdom
4815
Chinook helicopters ($3.5b) support to MQ-9 Reaper program ($500m) AIM-120D Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile ($650m)  shallow water submersibles ($90m) MK-15 Phalanx upgrades ($75m)
Germany
3900
Triton unmanned aircraft systems ($2.5b) C-130J and KC-130J aircraft ($1.4b)
Australia
333
AEGIS equip ($185m) Howitzer ammunition ($148m)
Bahrain
1406.4
AH-1Z attack helicopters ($911.4m); missiles ($300m); Navy ship support ($70m); bomb bodies ($45m); ITAS Launchers ($80m)
India
930
Apache AH-64E helicopters
Denmark
242​
AIM-120 C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile ($90m); SM-2 Block IIIA Standard Missiles ($152m)
Latvia
​200
Black Hawk helicopters
South Korea
2601
P-8A patrol aircraft ($2.1b); PAC-3 missiles ($501m)
Egypt
1201
Apache helicopters ($1.0b) tank rounds ($201m)
Taiwan
330
blanket order for spare parts for F-16s, C-130s, +
Iraq
82.5
armed Bell 407GX helicopters
Canada
300
King Air 350ER ISR aircraft
NATO
320.5
precision guided munitions
Morocco
​1259
Abrams tanks
Poland
655
high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS)
Turkey
3500
Patriot missile systems
TOTAL
49010.2
 

Historical (1997-2017)

Year
Amount ($billion)
​2017
63
​2016
63
​​2015
51
2014
40
​2013
56
​​2012
53
​2​011
​25
​2010
103
​2009
39
​2008
75
​2007
39
​2006
37
​2005
12
​2004
​12
​​2003
7
​2002
16
​2001
19
2000
12
1999
21
1998
12
1997
11
Annual amounts rounded to nearest billion ($) and not adjusted for inflation. Click on amount to be taken to annual Arms Control Association factsheet (1997-2012, 2016-2017) or Forum-created Excel file (with data 2013-2018).
Expert Analysis - select notifications
2017
June - precision-guided munitions - Saudi Arabia
January - first notifications

2016

​August - tank sales to Saudi Arabia

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January 2017
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August 2016

2019 Notifications

Country
Amount ($million)
Details
Japan
11552
F-15J upgrades ($4,5b) SM-3 Block IIA missiles ($3.295b), AEGIS weapons systems ($2.15b),
SM-3 missiles ($1.15b), air-to-air missiles ($317m), AEGIS support ($140m)
India
4481
​MH-60R helicopters ($2.6b), MK 45 5" naval guns ($1.021 b), 
large aircraft self-protection suites ($190m) C-17 support ($670m)
Israel
238
Armored Personnel Carrier power packs
Australia​
485.5
JCREW anti-IED systems ($245 m), AIM-120D advanced medium range air-to-air missiles ($240.5 m)
Spain
107
assault amphibious vehicles
Morocco
10257.9
AH-64E Apache attack helicopters ($4.25b), F-16 C/D aircraft ($3.787b), TOW missiles ($776m),
  F-16 upgrades 
($985.2m) F-16 sustainment ($250.4m), F-16 bombs ($209m)
Belgium
​​600
MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft
Taiwan
10723.56
F-16s ($8b), F-16 pilot training & logistics support ($500m), Abrams tanks ($2b), Stinger missiles
($223.56 m)
​Bahrain
3378
Patriot missile systems ($2.478b), F-16 weapons/ bombs ($750m), Oliver Hazard Perry - class frigate ($150m)
United Arab Emirates
4740.3
Patriot missile systems($2.728b) precision rounds ($900m) Chinook helicopters ($830.3m) Javelin missiles ($102m) Marine training ($100m) unmanned air vehicles ($80m)
Czech Republic
1005
Black Hawk helicopters ($800m) attack helicopters ($205m)
Qatar​
3086
Apache helicopters ($3b) head of state aircraft protection ($86m)
South Korea
2388.9
Global Hawk support ($950m)
helicopters ($800m) 
SM2 - Block IIIB missiles (313.9m) AMRAAM missiles ($253m) MK-54 lightweight torpedoes ($72m)
Canada
431
MK 54 lightweight torpedoes 
($387m) radio systems ($44m)
Saudi Arabia
2736
aircraft support ($1.8b) aircraft support ($800) air surveillance support ($136m)
Bulgaria
1673
F-16s and related weapons
Germany
523.86
Advanced missiles ($122.8m via NATO)  
​PAC-3 missiles ($401m)
Greece
600
MH-60R multi-mission helicopters
Pakistan
125
F-16 support
Thailand
575
AH-6i light attack helicopters ($400m) infantry carriers ($175m)
Egypt​
554
technical support for multiple ships
Hungary
500
medium range air-to-air missiles
Denmark
200
Sonar systems and Sonobuoys
Lithuania
170.8
light tactical vehicles
Poland
6500
F-35s
Ukraine
39.2
Javelin missiles
Kuwait
281
HERCULES recovery vehicles
Tunisia​
234
T-6C Texan II aircraft
Croatia
115
UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters
New Zealand
1400
C-130J transport aircraft  
Argentina
78.032
P-3C patrol aircraft  
TOTAL
69759.052
 

2017 Notifications

Country
Amount ($million)
Details
Saudi Arabia
17187
THAAD systems ($15b), aerostats ($525m), Navy training ($250m), Air Force training ($750m), radar and related support ($662m)
Kuwait
1200.6
Apache helicopters 
​($400m), missiles ($110m), Al Mubarak Airbase ($319m), C-17 support ($342.6m), M1A1 tanks ($29m)
Kenya
671
Air Tractor ($418m) and ​MD 530s ($253m)
United Kingdom
1585
C-17 support ($400m), Hellfire missiles ($150m), Joint Light Tactical Vehicles ($1.035b)
South Korea
140
Sidewinder ($70m) and Maverick 
​($70m) missiles 
Singapore
481
Paveway II bombs ($415m), XM395 precision mortar rounds ($66m)
Iraq
1505.6
Pilot training ($1.06b), Pershmerga artillery & infantry ($295.6m), vessels and ship repair ($150m)
Canada
5565
F/A-18E/F Super Hornets ($5.23b) C-17s ($195m) AMRAAM missiles ($140m)
Israel
440
76mm naval guns
Greece
2484
F-16 upgrades ($2.404b), CH-47D helicopters (80m)
Slovakia
150
Bell 429 helicopters
NATO
333.5
C-17 support ($300m) and counter-measures ($33.5m)
New Zealand
1460
P-8A patrol aircraft
Australia
2872.7
anti-radiation missiles   ($137.6m), Gulfstream G550 ($1.3b), Super Hornet upgrades ($101.4m), tank ammunition ($50m) radio frequency countermeasures ($108.7m) MH-60R helicopter upgrades ($360m), GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bombs ($815m)
India
441.2
CBRN support ($75m) and transport aircraft ($366.2m)
United Arab Emirates
2000
Patriot missiles
Taiwan
1363
radar ($400m); missiles - AGM-154C JSOWs  ($185.5m), AGM-88B HARMs  ($147.5m), SM2-IIIA ($125m); torpedoes - lightweight ($175m), heavyweight ($250m); 
​electronic upgrades ($80m) 
Netherlands
145.2
missile warning systems ($58.2m) Hellfire missiles ($34m) air-to-air missiles ($53m)
Romania
5150
Patriot air defense systems ($3.9b); High Mobility Air Rocket Systems ($1.25b) 
Switzerland
115
F/A-18 upgrades
Nigeria
593
Super Tucano aircraft
Thailand
24.9
Harpoon missiles
Bahrain
3964.25
F-16 Vs ($2.785b), F-16 upgrades ($1.092b), patrol boats ($60.25m), TOW missiles ($27m)
Japan
113
medium range air-to-air missiles
Czech Republic
575
UH-17 helicopters
Qatar
1100
support to F-15QAs & cybersecurity
Norway
170
medium range air-to-air missiles
Poland
11200
air and missile defense systems (Patriot 3+) ($10.5b), HIMARS ($250m) 
AMRAAMs ($250m), F-16 support ($200m)
Georgia
75
www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/georgia-javelin-missiles-and-command-launch-units​Javelin missiles
TOTAL
63104.95
 
 

* Because Congressional leaders are informally consulted before public notification occurs, significant Congressional opposition to notified sales is very rare, although importantly did occur in 2016 regarding tanks to Saudi Arabia, and again in 2017 regarding PGMs to Saudi Arabia. Up until time of delivery, Congress or the President can block or alter a sale. (See CRS report.)

This page only looks at major arms sales notified here because these tend to be the largest and most visible of eventual U.S. arms transfers. However, U.S. arms sales and other transfers occur through a variety of programs, including some led through the Commerce Department. The Security Assistance Monitor is an excellent resource for data and information on the broad range of U.S. arms and security assistance.
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