Technical Services Magazine • Fall 2006 - Northrop Grumman ...

Sector Broadens Partnership
With Valued U.S. Ally
Northrop Grumman Technical Services’ Vinnell Arabia business
unit has more than 30 years of experience managing
the Saudi Arabia National Guard program. The majority of
the modernization work will be performed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
with smaller-scale site work performed in Jeddah and Al Khobar.
“This program has
contributed to a strong
strategic alliance between
the United States and
Saudi Arabia, and we’ve
had much success with it
over the years,” said Bob
Coffey, SANG program
manager. “We provide
the Saudi Arabian
Nation Guard with high
quality technical
training and support
services, along with
effective cost control
management. We have
an experienced workforce,
with many of our employees having served in the
U.S. military.”
formed or forming. The mobile brigades are
stationed in Riyadh and in Hofuf. In Riyadh, one
brigade has been equipped with modern Light
Armored Vehicles (LAVs), similar to those used
by the U.S. Marine Corps, and a second brigade
is in the process of transitioning to LAV. In Hofuf,
the brigade is equipped with V150 armored
vehicles. These brigades also have a variety of
heavy weapons.
Other SANG active duty units are more lightly
armed and are stationed near population centers,
eastern shore oil fields, and along oil pipelines.
Additionally, SANG has an irregular force (Fowj),
primarily bedouin tribal volunteers, organized
into 26 battalions with a total strength of
approximately 25,000.
T S
At SANG military schools, TS advisors and
trainers help develop programs of instruction and
specialty skills training courses. The program’s
goal is to eventually create a nearly 75,000 man
modernized force. Eight SANG brigades are
A SANG military vehicle emerges from a desert gully.
The U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman Technical
Services a 36-month follow-on contract award in June for
the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) Modernization
Program. TS provides SANG with modernization services
in the areas of management; training; equipment and
construction; maintenance and supply; medical service;
procurement; and facilities. The contract is valued at
approximately $274 million, with options to extend the
contract for up to an additional two years.
Technical Services Magazine • Fall 2006