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Saudi Arabia seeks Humvees

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. William Griffin (R) and Spc. Jessica Sandberg, drive a Humvee to down a flooded street in Fort Ransom, North Dakota on April 15, 2009. The Soldiers are making welfare visits to residents in rural areas affected by Sheyenne River flood waters. (UPI Photo/David H. Lipp/U.S. Air Force)
1 of 5 | U.S. Army Staff Sgt. William Griffin (R) and Spc. Jessica Sandberg, drive a Humvee to down a flooded street in Fort Ransom, North Dakota on April 15, 2009. The Soldiers are making welfare visits to residents in rural areas affected by Sheyenne River flood waters. (UPI Photo/David H. Lipp/U.S. Air Force) | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress that Saudi Arabia is seeking to purchase more than 200 up-armored Humvees.

The complete shopping list is 124 M1151A1-B1 up-armored High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles, 99 M1152A1-B2 up-armored Humvees, supplemental armor kits, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, and U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services.

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The value of the Foreign Military sale was given as $33 million.

"This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East," the agency said.

The vehicles will provide a highly mobile and light combat vehicle capability to the Royal Saudi Land Forces to rapidly engage and defeat perimeter security threats and readily employ counter and anti-terrorism measures.

The RSLF already has HMMWVs in its inventory and will have no difficulty absorbing these vehicles, it said.

The prime contractor will be AM General of South Bend, Ind.

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Implementation of the proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional U.S. government or contractor representatives to Saudi Arabia.

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