Total U.S. Arms Sales Notifications for Saudi Arabia in 2017 & 2018
The Trump Administration is proposing an unprecedented amount of major U.S. arms sales in the first half of 2018 compared to previous years, moving from $19 billion in 2017 to $51 billion in 2018. The bulk of the proposed arms sales are going to countries in the Europe and Eurasia region and for miltiary aircraft and engines. Check out our new fact sheet for more details.
Notifications to Congress for U.S. commercial firearms exports reached $662 million in 2017.
As the United States approaches the 15th anniversary of its invasion of Iraq and continues to provide significant levels of aid to the security forces, this timeline shows some of the key events that shaped the U.S.-Iraqi security aid relationship during this period.