$2.5 Billion Worth Arms Sale to Egypt

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The U.S. administration plans to sell C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft and Air Defence Radar Systems worth of $2.5 billion. The State Department decided to approve a possible Foreign Military Sale to of Egypt of C-130J-30 Super Hercules Aircraft for an estimated cost of $2.2 billion and Air Defence Radar Systems for an estimated cost of $355 million.

The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. $2.5 Billion Worth Arms Sale to Egypt

Egypt has requested to purchase 12 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft with four each Rolls Royce AE-2100D Turboprop Engines (installed); 12 Rolls Royce AE-2100D Turboprop Engines (spares); 30 Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) with GPS Security Devices (including 6 spares); and seven Multifunctional Information Distribution System – Low Volume Terminal Block Upgrade Two (MIDS-LVT BU2) (including 3 spares). Also included are AN/APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Transponders; AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems (MWS); AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing System (CMDS); AN/ALR-56M Radar Warning Receiver (RWR); AN/AAQ-22 (STAR SAFIRE 380); secure communications, cryptographic equipment, and GPS-aided precision navigation equipment. The estimated total program cost is $2.2 billion. $2.5 Billion Worth Arms Sale to Egypt

Egypt has requested to buy three SPS-48 Land Based Radar (LBR). The estimated total program cost is $355 million.