The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Bahrain for the upgrade of the country's 20 F-16 Block 40 aircraft to F-16V configuration with an estimated cost of $1,082 billion. Bahrain also requested nineteen new F-16V aircraft from the US, along with simulators, training, spare parts and maintenance support. The total estimated program cost is $2,785 billion.

Another request issued by the same country is the purchase of two 35 meter Fast Patrol Boats with an estimated cost of $60,25 million, each equipped with one MK38 Mod 3 25mm gun weapon system and one SeaFLIR 380 HD Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) device.