# 2025-20036: Qatar's Globemasters Level Up: U.S. Adds Tech Spark to Aircraft Deal

2025-20036, Arms Sales Notification, is a Federal Register notice from Defense Department published 2025-11-18, effective Date Report Delivered to Congress: September 24, 2024; Dated: November 13, 2025; Federal Register publication: November 18, 2025 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20036
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20036
- Title: Arms Sales Notification
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Defense Department
- Citation: 90 FR 51719
- Published: 2025-11-18
- Effective: Date Report Delivered to Congress: September 24, 2024; Dated: November 13, 2025; Federal Register publication: November 18, 2025
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Qatar's Globemasters Level Up: U.S. Adds Tech Spark to Aircraft Deal

## Summary

The U.S. Department of Defense is updating Congress about extra support and cool tech upgrades for Qatar’s eight C-17 aircraft, adding new gear like special cryptographic devices and mission planning tools. This update builds on a $700 million deal from 2016, showing ongoing commitment to keeping these planes in top shape. No new big weapons are included, but the upgrades boost tech and maintenance support, keeping everything running smoothly.

## Abstract

The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-20036 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/18/2025-20036/arms-sales-notification)
- [2025-20036 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-18/pdf/2025-20036.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20036 (as of 2026-06-08).