Intelligence Online, a website that specializes in intelligence and intelligence reports, said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had to reopen the defense market to American companies, to calm the United States' anger over the effects of the oil war between Riyadh and Moscow.
And the site stated that it expected more than a month before that development to happen when the work of German Andreas Schwer was CEO of the Saudi Military Industries Corporation, and Walid Abu Khaled was appointed as the interim CEO of the company, which constituted "good news for American companies," according to the website.
The report pointed out that the most prominent areas that saw the return of American companies are the marine contracts, as a deal was signed at the end of last April to train the sailors in the Saudi Royal Navy.
A week ago, the US administration confirmed press reports that Washington was in the process of withdrawing two Patriot missile batteries from Saudi Arabia that they had sent in the aftermath of the attack on Saudi oil installations last year, in addition to US combat aircraft and military personnel.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed the reports, but said that this did not indicate a decline in US support for Saudi Arabia, nor was it an attempt to pressure Riyadh on oil issues.
These developments came within a delicate stage in the relations between Washington and Riyadh, where the atmosphere was strained by the Saudi-Russian war in the world oil markets, which was one of the reasons for the price collapse and severely damaged American oil companies.
Brian Hook, the US envoy in charge of the Iranian file, has commented on his country's decision to withdraw Patriot missile batteries and American soldiers from Saudi Arabia by saying that what US President Donald Trump seeks is to enhance Saudi capabilities, so that they are in a better position to share the burdens of dealing with what he described as Iranian aggression.
The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced yesterday, Wednesday, that the American Boeing Company awarded two contracts worth more than two billion dollars, to supply more than a thousand air-to-surface missiles and anti-ship missiles to Saudi Arabia.