Arabian Support & Services Com v. Textron Systems Corporation

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, Arabian Support & Services Co. (“ASASCO”), a Saudi Arabian business, seeks compensation for assisting Textron Systems Corporation in its efforts, over a number of years, to complete a deal to sell sensor fuzed weapons (“SFWs”) to the Saudi government. ASAS-CO claims that Textron failed to abide by a promise to supplement the modest fees paid under the parties’ written consulting agreements through an “offset” arrangement linked to the weapons sale. 1 The district court granted summary judgment for Textron on all of ASASCO’s claims after allowing…