Forum on the Arms Trade
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- "Challenges and Opportunities in Firearms Marking and Record-Keeping" February 12, 9:00-10:30AM EST * Ashley Hamer, Conflict Armament Research * Callum Lloyd, Arquebus Europe * Natalia Pollachi, Instituto Sou da Paz * Monalisa Hazarika, moderator Sign up here www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html
- Calendar year 2026 notifications of potential arms sales via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process now greater than $25 billion. See our resource page and associated spreadsheet. www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s... Top 2 countries are * #SaudiArabia - $12.0 billion * #Israel - $6.67 billion
- Today, another $3.0 billion notified for F-15 sustainment for #SaudiArabia via the FMS program www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
- 1/ Yesterday, the Trump administration notified Congress of more than $15 billion combined in arms sales to #SaudiArabia and #Israel via the Foreign Military Sales procress (FMS). See our resource page on major arms sales notification for a global view www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
- W/ Jan 30 notification of $9.0 billion for 730 PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles, that's $12 billion notified in the past week. During this Trump administration, a total of $16.6 billion in potential sales via FMS www.forumarmstrade.org/us-saudi-arm...
- "Breaking the Circuit: Disrupting the Knowledge and Supply of Improvised Weapons" Did you miss our event last week (or want to watch again)? See it now youtu.be/IWfntsRSOj0 (event details at www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...)
- 1/ Yesterday, the Trump administration notified Congress of more than $15 billion combined in arms sales to #SaudiArabia and #Israel via the Foreign Military Sales procress (FMS). See our resource page on major arms sales notification for a global view www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
- 2/ to #SaudiArabia, the administration is proposing $9.0 billion for 730 PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles. www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
- 3/ This brings total FMS notifications made by Trump administration (2025-2026) to $13.6 billion. See our resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/us-saudi-arm... As in his first administration, Trump said there would be $100b+ in defense agreements (see May 13 entry in the timeline -- $142 billion)
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View full thread6/ In total, this Trump administration has now notified Congress of $17.78 billion in potential arms sales to #Israel via the Foreign Military Sales process. See list and links at the bottom of our resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/us-israel-tr...
- We will update our resources pages tomorrow
