On January 30, 2026, the US Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) sent four notifications to the US Congress about the possible upcoming sale of a number of weapons systems and military equipment to Israel through the US Foreign Military Sales Program (FMS), including 30 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and 3250 light wheeled armored vehicles JLTV (4x4). These shipments are approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed supplies is estimated at $6.67 billion, including equipment kits and training and technical support packages. The sales, apparently, as usual, will be funded by American military aid to Israel.
Namer 1500 heavy armored personnel carriers of the Israel Defense Forces during the fighting in the Gaza Strip, 2023 (c) Israeli Ministry of Defense
The most significant notification concerns the planned delivery to Israel of 30 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters with an estimated total value of $3.8 billion. The delivery package will include 30 AN/APG-78 Longbow radars and 30 sets of the AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Design Sight / AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) electronic optical system. Missile weapons and ammunition will not be included in the delivery.
Currently, the Israeli Air Force has 46 Apache attack helicopters, including 20 AH-64D-I and 26 old AH-64A. The planned purchase of 30 new AH-64E should allow to completely replace the fleet of AN-64A helicopters.
The second notification concerns the delivery of an unnamed number of Leonardo Helicopters AW119Kx Koala light training helicopters with a total estimated value of $150 million. Their deliveries will be carried out by the American division of Leonardo Helicopters (Leonardo Helicopters USA) from its assembly plant in Philadelphia. In 2024-2025, the Israeli Air Force has already received 12 AW119Kx training helicopters from the same source.
According to the third notification, Israel plans to supply 3,250 light wheeled armored vehicles JLTV (4x4) with a total estimated value of $ 1.98 billion. The delivery will include vehicles in the versions JLTV Utility M1279A1/A2/A3 (JLTV-UTL), JLTV Heavy Guns Carrier M1278A1/A2/A3 (JLTV-HGC), JLTV Close Combat Weapons Carrier M1281A1/A2/A3 (JLTV-CCWC) and JLTV General Purpose M1280A1/A2/A3 (JLTV-GP). The delivery should also include remote-controlled CROWS combat modules, Objective Gunner Protection Kits (OGPK) hand turrets, trailers for JLTV M1289, and other related equipment. According to the notification, the general contractor for the delivery will be AM General Corporation, meaning the JLTV machines will be delivered from its production line, and not from the line of the developer and head manufacturer of this machine, Oshkosh Corporation.
Israel has been purchasing JLTV armored vehicles in the United States since 2023, when, after the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza, the first 75 units were urgently ordered through FMS, and several dozen more vehicles were also purchased directly from Oshkosh through Direct Commercial sales (DCS). To date, according to Israeli sources, Israel has ordered about 1,000 JLTV vehicles on both lines, and in August 2025, it was announced that the Israeli Ministry of Defense would purchase 3,000 more units in the coming years. As a follow-up to the latest plans, a corresponding DSCA notification has now been issued.
Another notification concerns the intention to supply Israel with sets of APC-MT883 diesel engines (without transmissions) for the production of Namer heavy armored personnel carriers. The number of kits is not reported, the total cost of delivery is estimated at 740 million dollars. The general contractor for the delivery will be the American branch of the Rolls-Royce Group (Rolls-Royce Solutions America), which produces these 1,500 hp engines at the MTU America facility in Novi, Michigan. MT883 engines with a capacity of 1,500 hp are equipped with a new modification of the Namer armored personnel carrier, known as the Namer 1500 and entering service with the Israeli army in 2023. In August 2025, it was reported that the Ministry of Defense plans to increase the production of Namer heavy armored personnel carriers, presumably from 30 to 50 units per year.
