State Department Approves Military Sales to Kuwait, Tunisia

The State Department approved potential sales to Kuwait and Tunisia of about $281 million and $234 million worth of defense items, respectively, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in notices released Oct. 11. The sale to Kuwait involves 19 “M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System (HERCULES) recovery vehicles,” the DSCA said, and the sale to Tunisia involves 12 “T-6C Texan trainer aircraft and related equipment and support.” The principal contractors in the Kuwait sale are Pennsylvania-based BAE Systems, Nevada-based US Ordnance, Texas-based Raytheon and Virginia-based DRS Technologies, Harris Corp. and Northrop Grumman. The prime contractor for the Tunisia sale will be Kansas-based Textron Aviation Defense