Egypt would spend an estimated $77 million on a potential foreign military sale of 40 Skyguard AMOUN Solid-State Transmitters to support the upgrade of the Skyguard-SPARROW Launcher/Illuminator System and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support.
The prime contractor would be Raytheon [RTN] Integrated Defense Systems in Tewksbury, Mass.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the possible sale July 1.
Egypt has requested the possible sale of 40 Skyguard AMOUN Solid-State Transmitters, as well as spare and repair parts, support equipment, personnel training and training equipment, publications and technical documents, and U.S. government and contractor technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics support.
This proposed sale is consistent with U.S. policy as well as the 1950 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security.
The Egyptian Navy intends to purchase this equipment to improve the reliability and maintainability of the Skyguard air defense system. Egypt’s current transmitters are over 30 years old, obsolete, or non-functional. Egypt will have no difficulty absorbing these transmitters into its armed forces, DSCA said.