The United States on Friday denied reports suggesting Pakistan would receive new Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), saying the contract modification announced recently only covers sustainment and spare parts support.
In a statement, the US Embassy said the Department of War’s September 30 announcement referred to “an amendment to an existing Foreign Military Sales contract for sustainment and spares for several countries, including Pakistan.”
The embassy stressed that, contrary to false media reports, no part of the referenced contract modification was for deliveries of new AMRAAMs to Pakistan.
It added that the sustainment work did not include any upgrade to Pakistan’s current capabilities.
The clarification comes after media reports, including from Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, misinterpreted the US Department of War’s contract update as a new missile sale to Pakistan.
The original release had announced that Raytheon Co., based in Tucson, Arizona, received a USD 41 million modification to an existing AMRAAM production contract, taking the total value to over USD 2.5 billion.
The contract involves foreign military sales to several countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Australia, Qatar, Oman, Singapore, Japan, Canada, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Kuwait, Turkiye, and Pakistan, with completion expected by May 2030.
While Pakistan was listed among the participating countries, the US Embassy confirmed the inclusion relates only to ongoing sustainment support.
Pakistan had previously purchased around 700 AMRAAMs in 2007 for its F-16 fleet, marking the largest international order for the missile system at that time.
Reports of a new supply deal surfaced weeks after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief General Asim Munir met with US President.
