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State Department Approves Potential $4.67 Billion NASAMS Deal With Egypt

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, July 24th, 2025

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State Department Approves Potential $4.67 Billion NASAMS Deal With Egypt

NASAMS Live Fire Exercise Photo: RTX

The State Department has approved a potential $4.67 billion deal with Egypt for the sale of a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Thursday of the new foreign military sale. The deal would be Egypt’s first purchase of RTX [RTX] and Kongsberg’s jointly-developed NASAMS air defense system, which brings together the Sentinel radar and RTX’s Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles with Kongsberg’s Fire Distribution Center. Egypt…

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