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U.S. OKs Over $900 Billion In Potential Deals With Egypt For Fast Missile Craft Work, Radars

U.S. OKs Over $900 Billion In Potential Deals With Egypt For Fast Missile Craft Work, Radars
Sailors observe as the Egyptian Navy Ambassador III class missile craft Soliman Ezzat (PCFG 682) sails alongside the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) during a passing exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chris Roys/Released)

The State Department has approved over $900 million in proposed deals with Egypt covering modernization of its fast missile craft fleet and the sale of AN/TPS-78 Long Range Radars. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Tuesday of both Foreign Military Sales cases.  The larger of the two FMS cases is the potential $625 million deal covering equipment and services to modernize Egypt’s fleet of Ezzat-class fast missile craft, which would include four Lockheed Martin [LMT]-supplied Component Based…

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