Saudi military purchases exempt from technology transfer condition?note

The Saudi Presidency of State Security’s (PSS) Special Security Force has recently acquired Ukrainian-made 4x4 armored vehicles of type Kozak-5.

Since the procurement of these vehicles was not subject to the rule of transfer of technology, several questions are said to have been raised about whether a number of Saudi military and security units from several branches and bodies are exempt from this condition.

Which units does this include?

Which particular military purchases are not subject to this condition?

Tactical Report answers these questions and more in the following 262-word report.

[Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly 28/31, July 30, 2021]