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State Department Approves $2.5 Billion In Egypt FMS For C-130Js And Land Based Radars

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State Department Approves $2.5 Billion In Egypt FMS For C-130Js And Land Based Radars
A new C-130J Super Hercules takes off from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga. on May 27 last year. The historic aircraft delivery to Little Rock AFB, Ark. served as the final C-130J for the 19th Airlift Wing and Air Mobility Command (Lockheed Martin Photo)

The State Department approved two Foreign Military Sales (FMSs) to Egypt worth a combined $2.5 billion on Jan. 25 for 12 C-130J Super Hercules aircrafts and three SPS-48 Land Based Radars. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sales on Tuesday. The aircraft purchase request consists of 12 C-130J aircraft with four each Rolls-Royce AE-2100D Turboprop engines installed, 12 spare engines, 30 Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) with GPS Security Devices (including six spares); seven Multifunctional Information Distribution System…

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