BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia’s defense conglomerate Saudi Arabian Military Industries, known as SAMI, has joined forces with US-based firm Amentum, which specialized in maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade (MROU) to support Riyadh’s combat land vehicles.
“Working alongside SAMI Land’s own teams, Amentum will provide proven expertise for maintaining ground systems operated by Saudi Arabia’s armed forces,” Andy White, senior vice president of Amentum Energy & Environment International, said today in Amentum’s announcement.
He added that according to the agreement, Amentum “we will help SAMI Land establish the technical, commercial and business processes for long-term success.”
“By establishing comprehensive business processes and implementing best practices, SAMI Land will be better equipped to meet the growing demand from customers across Saudi Arabia,” the company said in its statement.
Dedicated to develop and produce armored vehicles and land systems, SAMI Land is one of the conglomerate’s main five divisions along with SAMI Sea for naval platforms, SAMI Aerospace, SAMI Defense Systems for C4ISR systems and SAMI Advanced Electronics for electronic warfare and communication systems.
Mohammed bin Saud Alhodaib, executive vice president of SAMI Land, said in the statement that this agreement reflects the firm’s target in developing capabilities “to meet customer MROU requirements with operational excellence.”
He highlighted that this partnership will enhance “knowledge transfer and localizing technologies, which supports our ambitious vision to become the leading national provider of MROU solutions for land systems in the Kingdom.”
Amentum is a Virginia-based firm that advertises a wide-range of civilian and defense services, from cybersecurity to intelligence analysis, but says it “specializes in modernizing defense systems, enhancing operational readiness, and ensuring the seamless integration of advanced technologies,” according to its website. In January 2024, the firm was awarded a $946 billion contract by the US army to maintain and modernize the fixed-wings transport aircraft.
In April 2016, KSA launched its Vision 2030 initiative, designed to boost technology transfer from international firms to the Kingdom and aiming to achieve 50 percent local production for defense platforms by 2030 . This put the firms that have been exporting to the Kingdom for decades, like American ones, under greater commercial pressure to commit to higher levels of manufacturing parts abroad.
As the Kingdom aims to rely on local defense production, it has allocated $78 billion for defense spending for this year 2025, which is up from $75.8 billion spent in 2024.
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