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Egypt’s Defense Minister Visits Tahrir Square
2011-02-04 Read More...
Egypt's Defense Minister visited Tahrir (Liberation) Square along with top army officials on Friday as thousands of protesters started

Egypt Not Seeking Nuclear Arms
2010-12-28 Read More...
Egypt is not seeking to acquire nuclear arms and wants to rid the region of such weapons, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheith

Egyptian Air Force Selects Goodrich DB-110
2010-11-22 Read More...
Goodrich received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide its advanced DB-110 airborne reconnaissance system for the Egyptian Air Force's new Block 52 F-16 fighter aircraft. The Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract calls for Goodrich to

P&W to Power Egypt’s F-16s
2010-11-19 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, was awarded a contract for $46 million to provide F100-PW-229 Enhanced Engine Package (EEP) engines to power the Egyptian Air Force's new fleet of 20 F-16

Egypt Orders 3 Airbus Military C295
2010-11-03 Read More...
The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) signed a contract with Airbus Military for the acquisition of 3 C295

L-3 Sonar Systems for Egyptian Navy
2010-09-24 Read More...
L-3 Ocean Systems was awarded a $24 million firm fixed-price contract from the Egyptian Navy for its Low Frequency Active Towed Sonar (LFATS)

Egypt: 40 Skyguard AMOUN Transmitters
2010-07-09 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress earlier this month of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt for 40 Skyguard AMOUN Solid-State Transmitters to support the upgrade of the Skyguard-SPARROW Launcher/Illuminator System and

Egypt: Technical Support for 6 Frigates
2010-07-07 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress this past week of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt for the continuation of technical services in support of 4 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY and 2 KNOX CLASS Frigates and associated equipment,

AAR to Modernize Air Defense System for Egypt
2010-05-10 Read More...
AAR announced this past week that it has been selected by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Huntsville, Alabama, to upgrade and modify the Government of Egypt's Integrated Air Defense Command and Control System. This work will be

Oshkosh Defense Awarded $29 Million Egyptian Contract
2010-03-09 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has received a contract modification valued at $29 million from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to supply more than 75 next-generation Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical

20 New F-16s for Egypt
2010-03-04 Read More...
The U.S. Government has awarded an initial $213 million to Lockheed Martin for long-lead tasks for the production of 20 new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft for Egypt. "This is a great day for Lockheed Martin and a testament to the enduring

Egyptian AF Selects P&W Engine
2010-02-03 Read More...
The U.S. Government's Foreign Military Sales program announced that the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 Engine Enhancement Package (EEP) engine has been selected by the Egyptian Air Force to power its new fleet of F-16 Block 52 aircraft. The selection

Egypt Clearing World War II Mines
2009-12-08 Read More...
Egypt stepped up efforts to clear millions of World War Two mines from prime north coast land in a $250 million demining project to ready the area for tourism, energy, and agriculture investments, an official

General Dynamics wins Egypt Abrams contract
2009-07-23 Read More...
General Dynamics, a major defence industry contractor, has won a $45 million contract as part of the Egyptian M1A1 Abrams tank co-production programme.The contract to General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded by the US TACOM Lifecycle Management

Egypt wants S-400 to counter Iran
2009-07-02 Read More...
In a sign of mounting concern about Teheran's missile capability, the Egyptian military recently expressed interest in purchasing the Russian-made, advanced S-300 and S-400 air defense

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