Possible Foreign Military Sale to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Long-time US Middle East ally Jordan has submitted an impressive wish list of weapons for its armed forces to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The list includes rocket launchers, radios, and Humvees.

DSCA said that weapons Jordan wants to buy will provide its armed forces with a long-range precision artillery support capability that will significantly improve US-Jordan interoperability and provide for the defense of vital installations.

• 12 M142 High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) air-portable multiple rocket launchers;
• 72 M31 unitary warhead Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) rocket pods – each pod carries 6 227mm rockets;
• 36 Multiple Launcher Rocket Systems (MLRS) practice rocket pods;
• 12 M1084A1P2 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle Trucks (FMTV);
• 1 Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS);
• 3 M108A1P2 wreckers for towing disabled vehicles;
• 3 M1151A1 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
• 27 AN/VRC-92E Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems (SINCGARS); and
• 18 AN/VRC-90E SINCGARS and related services and support.

Also included in Jordan’s request are support equipment, communications equipment, spare and repair parts, test sets, batteries, laptop computers, publications and technical data, facility design, personnel training and equipment, systems integration support, US Government and contractor engineering and logistics personnel services, and other related elements of logistics support.

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