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The official website of the Russian government contracts and tenders "zakupki.gov.ru" made an announcement yesterday related to the contract for heavy air superiority fighters "Su-35 Flanker-E" signed in 2018 between the Egyptian side and the company "Rosoboronexport" (responsible for arms exports) The Russian companies will supply the "JSC Sukhoi Company" with electrical connectors and cables that will enter the manufacture of the Egyptian fighters at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Factory located in the Khabarovsk Krai entity in eastern Russia.
It is noteworthy that Egypt contracted between 24 - 30 Su-35 fighters with the Russian side during 2018, and the deal was announced for the first time in March 2019, and it is expected that the first batch of fighters will be delivered during the third or last quarter of 2020 By calculating the delay factor due to the Corona epidemic.
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That would be one helluva DACT war-gaming for Egypt. I wonder whether Pakistan could get Egypt to hold DACT with PAF. The EAF now has Rafale (French), Vipers (American), Fulcrums (Russian), Mirages (French), F-7s (Chinese) and Flanker-Es (Russian). That is 6 types of fighter-jets from 4 countries. Now all Egypt needs is the Eurofighter and they would have four types of Gen-4++ fighters in their inventory. Which is impressive, by any view point!!
I just hope that Egyptian Air Force can handle the ergonomic nightmare that comes with the maintenance of so many various aircraft of the same category (fighter-jet).