{"id":58333,"date":"2020-11-13T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/13\/in-f-35-sale-to-uae-senate-seeks-state-depts-guarantees-for-us-technology-and-israel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:14:31","slug":"in-f-35-sale-to-uae-senate-seeks-state-depts-guarantees-for-us-technology-and-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/11\/13\/in-f-35-sale-to-uae-senate-seeks-state-depts-guarantees-for-us-technology-and-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"In F-35 sale to UAE, Senate seeks State Dept. guarantee for US technology and Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 Senate appropriators are calling on the State Department to certify that a pending sale<\/a> of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to the United Arab Emirates would not threaten Israel\u2019s military edge or make U.S. military systems vulnerable to Russia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bipartisan legislation, introduced Nov. 10 by the GOP-led Senate Appropriations Committee, represents another potential hurdle for the U.S. sale of up to 50 F-35s worth $10.4 billion, 18 MQ-9Bs worth $2.97 billion, and $10 billion worth of air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the package the same day the legislation was introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate committee included the certification requirement in its fiscal 2021 appropriations bill for the State Department and foreign operations. It follows proposals to limit appropriations based on similar concerns last month from<\/a> House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California.<\/p>\n\n\n\t