Egypt cleared to buy 23 CH-47F

[NutLoose]

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The United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) approved a potential Foreign Military Sale of 23 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Egypt, for an estimated amount of $2.6 billion, according to a notice published on May 26, 2022. It now has to be approved by the US Congress.

In addition to the 23 aircraft, the government of Egypt also requested the sale of 56 T-55-GA-714A engines (46 installed and 10 spare), 52 inertial navigation systems, 29 AN/AAR-57 missile warning systems and a variety of other avionics, 75 machine guns M-240 with their ammunition, and maintenance equipment.

“This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally that continues to be an important strategic partner in the Middle East, the DSCA said in a statement. “Egypt will use this enhanced capability to strengthen its homeland defense and deter regional threats.”

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/31138-egypt-to-acquire-23-ch-47f-chinook

[SASless]

The old girls are still dancing....and shall be when I am dead and gone.

Boeing appreciates the business.....had Westland played its cards right they might have beaten Agusta to the Licensing Deal.....and made a lot of money in the process.

Odd...how buying off the shelf works so nicely right down to the Door Guns and Ammo.

No special homemade kit, no cocked up airworthiness issues....just pay cash on the barrel head and take possession of your purchase and put them to work.

[griffothefog]

Does that also come with a lucrative training package?

[Sir Korsky]

Nice ! I wonder how much cash they'll be asking for next year ! More fraud and corruption. It never stops.

https://www.amcham.org.eg/information-resources/trade-resources/egypt-us-relations/us-foreign-assistance-to-egypt

[SASless]

Griffo.....I flew some of the Iranian Chinooks while at Agusta on the Libyan Contract.

Some of the Iranian contract aircraft wound up as Egyptian aircraft.

Boeing's CH-47 Chinook helicopter, the Egyptian version. (http://chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/egypt/egyptian.html)

They were basically US Army CH-47 C Models built under license by Agusta.