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11.05.2021
Egypt has signed a contract with France to buy an observation satellite and two multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft built by Airbus, according to French newspaper La Tribune.![Egypt to Buy Spy Satellite, Two MRTT Aircraft from France Egypt to Buy Spy Satellite, Two MRTT Aircraft from France](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defaiya.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FEgypt-to-Buy-Spy-Satellite%252C-Two-MRTT-Aircraft-from-France.jpg&hash=bdc32ff3d01a6565e0fae379f615d835)
Citing sources, La Tribune said that the spy satellite and the two MRTT planes were part of a bigger deal between Cairo and Paris. It will provide Egypt’s Armed Forces with modern war techniques in a deal that was set to be signed in 2016.
Due to financial issues, Egypt delayed the €600 million contract to 2021, according to Defence World.
Last Tuesday, Egypt’s Ministry of Defence announced that the two sides signed a contract to buy 30 Rafale fighter jets as part of a deal worth €5.4 billion. The deal would be financed through a 10-year loan.
The Dassault Rafale is the most modern aircraft operated by the Egyptian Air Force, used alongside its fleet of modernized American F-16 fighter jets. The Rafale is a semi-stealth multirole fighter designed to conduct close air support, as well as air superiority missions, and is rumoured to have advanced radar-jamming technology.
Egypt recently received four units of a French-made long-range, mobile, 3D air defence radar system called Thales Ground Master 400 (GM400) AESA, that has a maximum range of up to 515 km.
https://www.defaiya.com/news/Region...y-spy-satellite-two-mrtt-aircraft-from-france