Preparations were made before the Egyptian President's visit to America to arrange the final agreements for the new form of Egyptian-American relations in light of the interests that can be built upon. This does not mean that there are no differences or even true acceptance of the Egyptian regime.
The Americans, in another way, want to assign some medicine to the Egyptians on their behalf
1 - Playing a role in protecting the security of the Red Sea on behalf of the Americans and without the presence of American forces in the region, as well as working to curtail Russian and Chinese influence. The Saudis are in a war that proved the Saudis' failure to resolve the conflict after they got involved in it
2 - Confronting Turkish ambitions and its desire to control the Mediterranean gas in contravention of international law and the occupation of Libya through the deployment of groups such as ISIS and terrorist groups as a tool of Turkish pressure in North Africa and Africa in general. The same is true of Iranian threats to the Gulf, so cooperation with Egypt in curbing them is better than an American presence.
3 - America wants Egypt to be a tool against any influence of China in East Africa and curtail it. Of course, Egypt does not secure America, nor does it secure China or Eurasia, so the matter will be according to Egyptian interests. The Chinese economy in Ethiopia through loans and projects that aimed to turn Ethiopia into a base for Chinese industry and a center for spreading Chinese influence, which ended with the start of civil wars in Ethiopia until its subjugation.
The American equivalent
Some of the US ships used, such as the 4 Freedom-class littoral combat, which were decommissioned by the US Navy
2 US used Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigates
As we can see, used ships to be used in the theater of operations of the Red Sea , in which there are no real naval forces except for a Saudi presence, and it does not require major combat ships. Rather, such used ships are sufficient, and they will be sold at symbolic prices for Egypt.
The limited American release of some deals, such as the approval of the CH-47F aircraft deal in the first batch of 12, and 23 were not approved once, perhaps as a tool to monitor Egypt's commitment to cooperation and obedience programs on the American side as well. It will also be through American aid
Perhaps America will approve the C-130J aircraft deal so that Egypt does not turn to the best, cheapest and beneficial alternative for Egypt's interests, the KC-390 plane, which Brazil offered, even with local production in Egypt.
Including tanker copies and even electronic warfare and early warning from it. Therefore, the approval of American planes will eliminate the project to produce transport planes in Egypt, which will make Egypt continue as a client of the United States and others on an ongoing basis, even if a large part of the price is sold as an American grant.
This shows that what will be agreed upon will mainly be in the interests of the United States, and the main beneficiary will be the United States
The United States has no objection to supplying a number of used UH-60A/L aircraft to the Egyptian Air Force to replace the MI-8/17.
Because of the discussion of the program to supply 8 E-2D aircraft, as Egypt needs 8 aircraft, and America is offering an upgraded American version to India with updated engines.
Egypt also wants 24 MH-60 Seahawk aircraft
US bids also face Chinese competition
China offers Egypt a big offer to develop the Egyptian Air Force, including solving the problems of the Egyptian Air Force by assisting Egypt in developing the old Egyptian aircraft of the F-16 and MIrage-2000 models.
Replacing old Mirage-2000 & F-16 Block-15 aircraft
With the FC-31 aircraft through two batches of 50 + 50 and possibly with local production, in the case of local production, the entire F-16 fleet will be replaced through an extended production program of 15-20 years. The total may reach 240 aircraft as a first stage with a batch of 50 aircraft, which is considered the gateway to marketing the aircraft internationally through the customer The first is Egypt with the same idea that Egypt was the first customer for the Rafale , which opened the export markets for the plane to France
Although the American offers are part of it through the American military aid program to Egypt, but the Egyptian cooperation programs with arms suppliers, Egypt can obtain the advantages of meeting the needs of local manufacturing, which the technology supplier benefits from in expanding the size of the local market for the product that is produced in Egypt to operate production lines for long periods and paralyzing It is economical, which makes the technology supplier party benefit in all respects, and it is better than buying a small batch of weapons from his production only
America will still not provide qualitative weapons to Egypt or have a significant impact on the development of Egyptian military capabilities, but rather in a way that mainly meets American and Israeli interests. America will only accept giving Egypt 10 AH-64E planes that are not at their full combat capabilities, millimeter radar, or even advanced missiles. Even before American interests in dealing with Egypt
A point of clarification. What America paid for a segment of the price $426 million of 12 CH-47F aircraft is not the full cost of a deal, but only the manufacturing of aircraft and structures. There is another cost for equipment such as protection systems. AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receivers (RWR); AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets (LDS); High Frequency (HF) radios; Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) M240 machine guns Spare training ammunition is located, which makes the price of the plane with equipment up to $ 100 million per plane