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Egypt Requests Sale of U.S. Chinook Helicopters

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Friday, August 14th, 2009

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Egypt wants to spend an estimated $308 million to buy six CH-47D Chinoook helicopters as a foreign military sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) told Congress recently. Egypt would like to buy the helicopters, 16 T55-GA-714A engines, eight AN/APR-39A(V)1 Radar Signal Detecting Sets with Mission Data Sets, eight AN/APX-117 Transponders with TS- 4530 Interrogator/Transponder Test Sets, eight AN/ARC-220 (RT-1749) High Frequency Aircraft Communication Systems, flight and radar signal simulators, three M978A4 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks, two fork lifts…

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