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 by Tauren Dyson Washington (UPI) Oct 22, 2018
Advanced Electronics has received a $9.4 million award modification to a previous foreign military sales contract with the country of Saudi Arabia. The amended award, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, extends the contract to 15-months, giving the contractor time to complete an upgrade to electronic system test sets for the Royal Saudi Air Force. With the modification, the contract's total value climbs to $28.5 million. Work on the contract will take place in Alabama and Saudi Arabia. It's anticipated completion date is Dec. 28, 2019. The deal comes after Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Turkey on Oct.2. Since then, the Saudi government has faced strong speculation that it ordered the murder of Khashoggi. In response to that speculation, U.S. allies have been pressured to halt all arms deal with the Saudis as punishment for the murder. On Sunday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the country would halt all arms shipments to Saudi Arabia. President Donald Trump, however, cautioned that similar actions from the United States would snatch away jobs for Americans and profits from corporations. "I would prefer that we don't use, as retribution, canceling $110 billion worth of work, which means 600,000 jobs," Trump told Stuary Varney during an Oct.17 interview with Fox Business News, but has since noted that there has been "deception" and "lies" from the Saudis about their role in the death.
Germany, Canada question continuing Saudi arms deals Berlin (AFP) Oct 21, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Berlin would not export arms to Saudi Arabia for now in the wake of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi's violent death. "I agree with all those who say when it comes to our already limited arms exports (to Saudi Arabia) that they cannot take place in the current situation," she told reporters at her party headquarters. Her foreign minister, Heiko Maas, had already said on Saturday that he currently saw "no basis for decisions in favour of arms ... read more
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