Egypt is on a military spending spree with Saudi money.
The approval of the approval of the approval of the approval of this form was funded by German banks
All the deals of the Egyptian army are financed by the army or with loans from the same countries, the deals of France, Germany and Italy
On that topic, the only reason Egypt is now approved to purchase the F-15, a 45 year old design, is because Israel has the F-35 operational and in service.
Relax, the deal has not been approved because it does not meet the Egyptian requests
As you had mentioned, France had leveled criticism at the Egyptian government. This was just one factor.
During the 1990's, Airbus had signed a multi-billion deal to provide airplanes to India. An investigation found that huge bribes were paid to secure this deal, as well as honey-pot arrangements for senior government and military officials in India.
Airbus ended up having to take steps to save face. The CEO was replaced, and the new CEO issued an internal memo to all employees and subsidiaries that they were no longer allowed to 'entertain' potential clients, and dinner meetings had to be personally approved by the CEO in advance. I lost access to the private booth at hockey games, my marketing manager quit.
The relevance of that to this topic is that Leonardo has no restrictions as to how it sells aircraft. Egypt is on a military spending spree with Saudi money. There has to be kick backs for the deal to proceed. It won't be Airbus, and it won't be on merit.
On that topic, the only reason Egypt is now approved to purchase the F-15, a 45 year old design, is because Israel has the F-35 operational and in servic
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Egypt: concerns over the F-15 deal?
Published on June 01, 2022
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The U.S. is said to have offered Egypt an updated proposal on the sale of F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter jets.
The U.S. proposal is reported to have considerably downgraded and underequipped the F-15s which has led to dissatisfaction from the Egyptian side.
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The U.S. is said to have offered Egypt an updated proposal on the sale of F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter jets.
The U.S. proposal is reported to have considerably downgraded and underequipped the F-15s which has led to dissatisfaction from the Egyptian side.
Tactical Report has made a 389-word report to shed more light on the U.S. proposal and the subsequent concerns over the deal.
Reports from Washington suggest that the U.S. has offered Egypt an updated proposal on the sale of Boeing F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter jets.
The deal which consisted of purchasing between 24 and 32 F-15s, came in a move to follow Cairo canceling a Su-35 order from Russia.
The deal has not been reached yet, as the U.S. is waiting for the Egyptian side to submit a final letter of request (LOR) based on the mentioned proposal.
Additionally, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has not yet notified the U.S. Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deal.
Available information reveals that Commander of the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) Lt-General Mohamed Abbas Helmy has raised many concerns to the Pentagon regarding Egyptian reservations and complaints about the F-15 proposed armament package and the terms of use.
As a result, Lt-General Helmy believes that the F-15 variants that the U.S. has offered will be less effective than the Mikoyan MiG-29M, which the EAF currently operates.
Moreover, the Egyptian side claims that the F-15 fighter jets are overpriced given the major downgrades involved, rendering their performance weaker in comparison to the F-16 fighters that are used by neighboring countries such as Israel.
Sources close to the situation say that Lt-General Helmy is also not satisfied with the lack of advanced air-to-ground or air-to-air missile weapons included in the F-15 proposal, as well as the downgraded electronic warfare (EW) systems and U.S. control over flight, deployment, and basing.
It is important to note that the U.S. has offered to equip the F-15 fighters with downgraded variants of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), and will not provide Egypt with more advanced weapons, such as Israel's newer AIM-120C-7 models.
The AIM-120 AMRAAM is a U.S. beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) capable of all-weather day-and-night operations.
In addition, the F-15 fighters will be considerably downgraded, their codes will be strictly controlled by the U.S., and they will be unable to challenge neighboring countries' air superiority.
The same sources add that the U.S. is not willing to adjust the terms of the F-15 deal and has essentially presented the Egyptian side with a “take it or leave it” offer.
In fact, Cairo has yet to make a final decision over the deal, but the U.S. ultimately expects the Egyptians to agree to the sale.
U.S.EgyptCairoEAFIsraelWashingtonRussiaU.S. Defense Security Cooperation AgencyDSCAU.S. CongressForeign Military SalesFMS
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