美国国务院已批准向埃及、科威特和阿拉伯联合酋长国进行三项可能的对外军事销售，估计总成本约为22.7亿美元。
The US State Department has approved three possible foreign military sales to Egypt, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates with a combined estimated cost of about $2.27 billion.
国务院在一份声明中表示，其中最大的一笔是对阿联酋出售“先进精确杀伤武器系统-II”（APKWS-II）制导段及相关设备，估计成本为10.41亿美元。
The largest of the three is a possible sale to the UAE of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II guidance sections and related equipment at an estimated cost of $1.041 billion, the department said in a statement.
声明补充说，阿联酋“已要求购买多达一万（10,000）个‘先进精确杀伤武器系统-II’制导段，由空对空和空对地配置组合而成”。
The UAE "has requested to buy up to ten thousand (10,000) Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II guidance sections consisting of a combination of air-to-air and air-to-ground configurations," it added.
对于埃及，国务院批准了可能出售标枪导弹系统的项目，估计成本为8.32亿美元。
For Egypt, the department approved a possible sale of Javelin missile systems at an estimated cost of $832 million.
根据通知，开罗已要求购买多达2,020枚标枪FGM-148F导弹（其中包括20枚飞行验收导弹）以及多达200套标枪轻型指挥发射装置。
Cairo has requested to buy up to 2,020 Javelin FGM-148F missiles, including 20 fly-to-buy missiles, and up to 200 Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Units, according to the notification.
对于科威特，国务院批准了可能出售爱国者导弹维修和返还服务及相关设备的项目，估计成本为4.00亿美元。
For Kuwait, it approved a possible sale of Patriot missile repair and return services and related equipment at an estimated cost of $400 million.
此次军售是在伊朗战争爆发七个多月后进行的。这场战争始于2月28日，当时美国和以色列对伊朗发动了协同打击。
The sale comes more than seven months into the Iran war, which began on Feb. 28 when the US and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran.
伊朗随后对美国在巴林、卡塔尔、阿联酋、科威特、约旦和沙特阿拉伯的基地发动了袭击。
Iran retaliated with attacks on US bases in Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
美国和伊朗于6月签署了一项框架协议，概述了恢复霍尔木兹海峡航行自由以及解决伊朗核问题的近期步骤，但该协议于8月到期，未能达成最终协议。
The US and Iran signed a framework agreement in June outlining immediate steps to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and address Iran's nuclear program, but it expired in August without a final deal.