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Egypt Wants UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters, TOWs and 120mm HE-T

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Thursday, September 11th, 2008

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Egypt wants to buy more than $560 million in United Technologies [UTX] General Electric [GE] UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, Raytheon's [RTN] TOW 2A anti-armor guided missiles and General Dynamics [GD] 120mm high explosive with tracer (HE-T) cartridges. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Sept. 9 of the potential $176 million sale of four Black Hawks with eight T-700-GE-701 engines, one spare engine, four AN/APR39A(V)2 radar signal detecting sets, four AN/ALQ-144A(V)1 infrared countermeasure sets, four AN/AAR-57 common missile warning…

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Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

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