United States Department of State approved AH-64E Apache attack helicopters equipment to Egypt through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) channel, at an estimated cost of $2,3 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) submitted the necessary certificate reporting to Congress this sale on 7 May.
The contract with an estimated cost of $2,3 billion comprises: (estimated costs reported by DSCA indicate maximum, contract costs generally lower);
- 88 unit T700-GE-701D engines (86 remanufactured, 2 spares)
- 47 unit AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors (MTADS/PNVS) (43 remanufactured, 2 new, 2 spares)
- 45 unit AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (43 new, 2 spares)
- 92 unit Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) (86 new, 6 spares)
- AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets
- AN/APX-119 transponders
- Identify Friend or Foe (IFF)
- AN/APN-209 radar altimeters
- AN/ARN-149 Automatic Direction Finders
- UHF/VHF radio
- Tactical AN/ARC-201E radio
- APR-39 Radar Warning Sets
- Improved Data Modems IDM-401
- Enhanced Image Intensifiers EI2
- Hellfire launchers M299
- 2.75 inch 19 tube rocket launchers
- M230 automatic guns
- M230 spare gun barrels
- MT06 initiators
- Cartridge actuated JAU-59
Training devices, helmets, simulators, generators, transportation, wheeled vehicles and organization equipment, logistics support services, and other related elements of logistical and program supports are also included.
The principal parties to the contract are the Boeing Company, Meza, AZ, and Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando, FL. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
DSCA stated:
“Egypt intends to use these refurbished AH-64 helicopters to modernize its armed forces to address the shared U.S.-Egyptian interest in countering terrorist activities emanating from the Sinai Peninsula, which threaten Egyptian and Israeli security and undermine regional stability.”
