Featured Egypt requests sale of $417 million Maritime Domain Awareness system

[The SC]

1st Oct 2020

The government of Egypt has requested the purchase of a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) system from the United States at a cost of $417 million.
The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on 1 October.

The DSCA said the MDA system includes multi-site acquisition radars (fixed and mobile) with supporting facilities, electrooptical/infrared sensors (fixed, mobile, airborne), radio communications suites, hybrid power generation systems, closed circuit television, power and data distribution units, automatic identification system, and various other surveillance and communications systems; and other related elements of logistical and programme support.

Requested equipment includes: 34 Integrated Fixed Towers with supporting equipment; 28 Communication Towers with supporting equipment; 12 Relay Towers with supporting equipment; six Naval Base Operations Rooms, two regional Operations Centres, and one Strategic Operation Centre all with supporting equipment; six Harbour Protection Systems with supporting equipment; Intelligent Fibre Intrusion Detection System; 12 Vertical Take Off and Landing unmanned aerial vehicles with six Ground Stations; 14 Mobile Maritime Surveillance Vehicles; and three Aerostat ISR Integrated Platforms with supporting equipment.

The prime contractor will be the Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC), based in McLean, Virginia.

“This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally country that continues to be an important strategic partner in the Middle East,” the DSCA said.

“Egypt intends to use this Maritime Domain Awareness system to provide the Egyptian Armed Forces with a maritime surveillance capability with real-time situational awareness in the defence of Egypt maritime boundary, natural resources, and ports.”

The prime contractor will be the Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC), McLean, VA. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.


https://www.defenceweb.co.za/securi...417-million-maritime-domain-awareness-system/

https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/egypt_20-17.pdf

 

[The SC]

This was preceded by a deal for land border control and protection systems of $ 100 million in 2015

Egypt also signed another deal with the same company ATSC in 2017 worth $ 64 million to purchase border control systems

In 2020, Egypt received 45 MBSS-80 mobile border control systems six months ahead of schedule

 

[Wilhelm II]

1st Oct 2020

The government of Egypt has requested the purchase of a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) system from the United States at a cost of $417 million.
The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on 1 October.

The DSCA said the MDA system includes multi-site acquisition radars (fixed and mobile) with supporting facilities, electrooptical/infrared sensors (fixed, mobile, airborne), radio communications suites, hybrid power generation systems, closed circuit television, power and data distribution units, automatic identification system, and various other surveillance and communications systems; and other related elements of logistical and programme support.

Requested equipment includes: 34 Integrated Fixed Towers with supporting equipment; 28 Communication Towers with supporting equipment; 12 Relay Towers with supporting equipment; six Naval Base Operations Rooms, two regional Operations Centres, and one Strategic Operation Centre all with supporting equipment; six Harbour Protection Systems with supporting equipment; Intelligent Fibre Intrusion Detection System; 12 Vertical Take Off and Landing unmanned aerial vehicles with six Ground Stations; 14 Mobile Maritime Surveillance Vehicles; and three Aerostat ISR Integrated Platforms with supporting equipment.

The prime contractor will be the Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC), based in McLean, Virginia.

“This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally country that continues to be an important strategic partner in the Middle East,” the DSCA said.

“Egypt intends to use this Maritime Domain Awareness system to provide the Egyptian Armed Forces with a maritime surveillance capability with real-time situational awareness in the defence of Egypt maritime boundary, natural resources, and ports.”

The prime contractor will be the Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC), McLean, VA. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.


https://www.defenceweb.co.za/securi...417-million-maritime-domain-awareness-system/

https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/egypt_20-17.pdf

Half billion for them?! It's very expensive
Egypt can build them easily

 

[Philip the Arab]

Half billion for them?! It's very expensive
Egypt can build them easily

Haha, I honestly think they are taking out of aid. And yeah, you're right Egypt can easily build this.

 

[Philip the Arab]

This was preceded by a deal for land border control and protection systems of $ 100 million in 2015

Egypt also signed another deal with the same company ATSC in 2017 worth $ 64 million to purchase border control systems

In 2020, Egypt received 45 MBSS-80 mobile border control systems six months ahead of schedule

Egypt licenses the optical system called FLIR Ranger HRC which is the same system on the poster.

 

[The SC]

Half billion for them?! It's very expensive
Egypt can build them easily

Not yet apparently.. these are very sophisticated US systems..

 

[The SC]

Egypt licenses the optical system called FLIR Ranger HRC which is the same system on the poster.

These are not just optics..There are radars, balloons and even drones in the package!

 

[KurtisBrian]

Half billion for them?! It's very expensive
Egypt can build them easily

Likely, the "purchase" is nothing. It is just a way to give money the cabals in the US that are allies of the Egyptian leadership. Empower their friends so that their friends can help destroy or impoverish Americans and enrich Egyptians.

 

[Philip the Arab]

Likely, the "purchase" is nothing. It is just a way to give money the cabals in the US that are allies of the Egyptian leadership. Empower their friends so that their friends can help destroy or impoverish Americans and enrich Egyptians.

It is paid for by US aid, Egypt is not paying a cent for this.

 

[KurtisBrian]

no

It is paid for by US aid, Egypt is not paying a cent for this.

So the perhaps Egypt is not an active member.
Egypt is still accepting the stuff. (but of course who is not going to accept free stuff)
That allows the cabal to give the stuff and get paid by US gov't debt.
Americans still get looted.
Some Corporate cabal is enriched with no sale. There is still another wealth transfer in the US.

Stupid fcking world. No justice for little people anywhere.

 

[Gomig-21]

So 12 VTOL drones will be interesting to see them operate in that maritime dynamic. What I also found just fantastically incredible is how it was so disconcerting to some "entity" out there that these VTOL drones would not be armed and of course, the answer came back that they are unequivocally unarmed and no concern for that. But what I found remarkably hilarious about that point is that the Egyptian military and navy have an abundance of UCAVs that can carry out "armed" drone action all over the Mediterranean and Red Sea areas where these UAVs would be carrying out their recon missions!? So it was just hilarious the silly concern from whomever it was that was so worried and needed a statement from the US that these would not be armed, since the Egyptian military has a mega supply of alternate options to address that concern which wasn't even a concern to begin with, lol. Very bizarre.

At any rate, add this to the existing systems they've deployed in the last year and the mix of sources that these systems are from makes for a fascinating setup for the Egyptian border & maritime security defenses. Very nice and comforting to see them making these types of decisions along with all the other heavy hitting ones, too.