Tehran has been increasingly public about its air defense capabilities, including showing off models of systems at a recent international defense expo.
"Foreign firms that are direct beneficiaries of lucrative Saudi government contracts will most likely be the first to relocate. [.] Firms who are invested in the Saudi market but do not have direct government dealings will likely try to bide themselves more time," one expert said.
At the Saudi defense show, Boeing defense president Ted Colbert spoke to Breaking Defense about potential future deals in the region from interest in upgraded F-15s to Apaches and T-7 trainers while navigating new Saudi production mandates.