My appearance on Zambia’s Diamond TV, discussing the plane seized in Lusaka with shady ties to Egypt.
Tag: diplomacy
New US arms sales to Cairo
The US government has awarded
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri … a $14,696,295 firm-fixed-price order (N0001923F2630) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This order procures one Harpoon Weapon System (HWS) joint common test set (JCTS); one two-year HWS JCTS interim spares kit, and technical manuals. Additionally, this order provides JCTS weapons station installation and checkout, installation and checkout equipment loan, temporary shipment/loan of tools, weapon station training, JCTS checkout and calibration support, and engineering technical services for the government of Egypt. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Missouri (69%); Alexandria, Egypt (13%); Smithfield, Pennsylvania (8%); Orange Park, Florida (3%); Piedmont, Missouri (2%); Union, Missouri (2%); St. Petersburg, Florida (1%); Huntsville, Alabama (1%); and Galena, Kansas (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2028.
Egypt MOD updates
The Pentagon has awarded
Amentum Services Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, … a $591,653,634 cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) supportability follow-on technical support to provide eligible foreign navies access to a broad range of life cycle support, systems upgrades, systems integration, and other related efforts associated with the transfer and acquisition, operation, and maintenance of naval vessels and systems within their inventory. Work will be performed within the continental U.S. (55%), and outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) (45%). Work will be performed OCONUS in Iraq (25%); Egypt (25%); the Philippines (10%); and various countries to be determined (40%).
In other news, Deputy Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Khaled Megawer was in Russia last week, attending the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security. He discussed with Russia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Colonel General Alexander Fomin “holding joint combat training events in 2023.”
Megawer is the former director of the Military Intelligence Authority.