India, Oct. 7 -- Pakistan is likely to receive AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) from the United States, as ties between the two countries appear to be on an uptick.

An arms contract recently notified by the US Department of War (DoW), formerly known as the Department of Defence, listed Pakistan among the 35 buyers for the missiles.

The DoW document, as seen by HT.com, said that the contract for Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles C8 and D3 variants was awarded to the Raytheon company, Tucson, Arizona. The total value of the contract stands at $2,512,389,558.

"This contract involves foreign military sales to United Kingdom, Poland, Pakistan, Germany, Finland, Australia, Romania, Qatar, Oman, Korea, Greece...