Egypt has requested the possible Foreign Military Sale of 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft, parts, weapons and equipment with a potential value of $3.2 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Oct. 9.

The principal contractor would be Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The potential sale would also involve BAE Systems, Boeing [BA], Raytheon [RTN], Northrop Grumman [NOC], Pratt & Whitney [UTX], General Electric Aircraft Engines [GE], Goodrich [GR], L3 Communications [LLL], ITT [ITT], and Symetrics Industries.

Egypt requests the possible sale of: 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 Aircraft installed with either the F100-PW-229 or F110-GE-129 Increased Performance Engines (IPE) and APG-68(V)9 radars. It also requests 6 F100-PW-229 or F110-GE-129 IPE spare engines, six APG-68(V)9 spare radar sets, 60 LAU-129/A Common Rail Launchers; 28 AN/APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Systems without Mode IV, and 28 M61 20mm Vulcan Cannons.

Other non-major defense items requested include: 28 AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Systems (AIDEWS); or Advanced Countermeasures Electronic Systems (ACES), which includes the AN/ALQ-187 Electronic Warfare System and the AN/ALR-93 Radar Warning Receiver. Also, 28 AN/ARC-238 Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGAR) radios without HAVE QUICK I/II, 4 F-9120 Advanced Airborne Reconnaissance Systems or DB-110 Reconnaissance Pods, 28 Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) with Standard Positioning Service commercial code only. Additionally, Egypt requests 12 AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER Advanced Targeting Pods or AN/AAQ- 28LITENING Targeting Pods, 24 pairs of Conformal Fuel Tanks, and 28 AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing Systems.

The potential sale would include: base construction, support equipment, software development/integration, tanker support, ferry services, Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/PAD), repair and return, modification kits, spares and repair parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor technical, engineering, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics support.