Egypt orders 10 Apache attack helicopters

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An Apache AH 64E helicopter: Egypt wants 10 of it at a cost of $1billion

Egypt has requested for ten Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the United States at an estimated cost of $1 billion.

According to defenceweb.co.za The possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) was approved by the US State Department on 27 November, with the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivering the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sale.

In addition to the ten Apaches, Egypt has requested to buy 24 1700-GE-701D engines, 12 Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sights/Pilot Night Vision Sensors (M-TADS/PNVS), 24 Honeywell Embedded Global Positioning Systems (GPS) with Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI) (20 installed, 4 spares), 24 M299 Hellfire missile launchers, 135 Hellfire missiles, five M36E9 Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) AGM-114R, and 12 AAR-57 (V) Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS).

Also included are M230 30mm Automatic Guns, AVR-2 B…



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