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Latribune: Egypt is on the verge of purchasing four Gowind DCNS for € 1 billion
The naval group was chosen by the Cairo Egyptian Navy to equip four corvettes Gowind armies VL Mica and Exocet missiles MBDA . An estimated € 1 billion contract.
This is a coup for DCNS to export ... to the surprise of many in Paris . According to reliable sources , the naval group has an agreement in principle for the sale of Cairo four corvettes Gowind 2,400 tonnes ( + 2 options trading) armed surface -to-air and sea - VL Mica sea Exocet missiles. A contract valued at € 1 billion off armament. Competition won against German shipyards ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems ( TKMS ) , which proposed Meko A200, and Dutch Damen ( corvette Sigma). Three of the four corvettes Gowind be manufactured in Egypt. DCNS is a new success after it won Gowind Malaysia (6 corvettes ) .
It is the Minister of Defence , Marshal Abdel Fattah al- Sisi , who is a candidate in the presidential election , which decided this acquisition. It is also a strong gesture Cairo vis-à -vis Paris . The Egyptian army was called in late January the chief architect of the removal of Mohamed Morsi Islamist president last July, to answer the "call of the people" by going to the presidential election. The current strong man of Egypt wishes before he left the ministry complete a number of issues . This is also the case for the purchase of the Egyptian army 's new transport aircraft CASA Airbus Group. The Egyptian Air Force ( Air Force Egypt ) already operates five C-295 on the 12 ordered.
Egypt would also exercised an option to acquire two additional submarine U -209 manufactured by the German naval group TKMS . This is an option on two new buildings , which would be exercised by Cairo in the OTC contract signed in the summer of 2011 for an amount of € 920 million . Then a deposit had been paid a few months later in December. The first armed submarine sea Harpoon Block II - sea missiles from Boeing , to be delivered in 2016.
In consideration of the sale in Cairo , Berlin decided last week to launch the construction of the sixth submarine Dophin ( modified to launch nuclear missiles U- 214) to Israel. Three buildings have already been delivered and two more are under construction in the German shipyard in Kiel. Dolphin of which give an operational and technological superiority Israelis face the Egyptians .
Russia and Egypt are close to conclude contracts on arms purchases totaling more than $ 3 billion ( 2.18 billion euros), was announced in mid- February, the Russian business daily Vedomosti . The two sides " initialed or signed contracts for more than $ 3 billion " which focuses on " the purchase of fighter aircraft MiG-29M/M2 of air defense systems of different types of helicopters Mi- 35 " and other Russian arms , had the newspaper said , citing sources in the Russian defense industry . These purchases must be financed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to Vedomosti.
L'Egypte sur le point de s'offrir quatre Gowind de DCNS pour 1 milliard d'euros
The naval group was chosen by the Cairo Egyptian Navy to equip four corvettes Gowind armies VL Mica and Exocet missiles MBDA . An estimated € 1 billion contract.
This is a coup for DCNS to export ... to the surprise of many in Paris . According to reliable sources , the naval group has an agreement in principle for the sale of Cairo four corvettes Gowind 2,400 tonnes ( + 2 options trading) armed surface -to-air and sea - VL Mica sea Exocet missiles. A contract valued at € 1 billion off armament. Competition won against German shipyards ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems ( TKMS ) , which proposed Meko A200, and Dutch Damen ( corvette Sigma). Three of the four corvettes Gowind be manufactured in Egypt. DCNS is a new success after it won Gowind Malaysia (6 corvettes ) .
It is the Minister of Defence , Marshal Abdel Fattah al- Sisi , who is a candidate in the presidential election , which decided this acquisition. It is also a strong gesture Cairo vis-à -vis Paris . The Egyptian army was called in late January the chief architect of the removal of Mohamed Morsi Islamist president last July, to answer the "call of the people" by going to the presidential election. The current strong man of Egypt wishes before he left the ministry complete a number of issues . This is also the case for the purchase of the Egyptian army 's new transport aircraft CASA Airbus Group. The Egyptian Air Force ( Air Force Egypt ) already operates five C-295 on the 12 ordered.
Egypt would also exercised an option to acquire two additional submarine U -209 manufactured by the German naval group TKMS . This is an option on two new buildings , which would be exercised by Cairo in the OTC contract signed in the summer of 2011 for an amount of € 920 million . Then a deposit had been paid a few months later in December. The first armed submarine sea Harpoon Block II - sea missiles from Boeing , to be delivered in 2016.
In consideration of the sale in Cairo , Berlin decided last week to launch the construction of the sixth submarine Dophin ( modified to launch nuclear missiles U- 214) to Israel. Three buildings have already been delivered and two more are under construction in the German shipyard in Kiel. Dolphin of which give an operational and technological superiority Israelis face the Egyptians .
Russia and Egypt are close to conclude contracts on arms purchases totaling more than $ 3 billion ( 2.18 billion euros), was announced in mid- February, the Russian business daily Vedomosti . The two sides " initialed or signed contracts for more than $ 3 billion " which focuses on " the purchase of fighter aircraft MiG-29M/M2 of air defense systems of different types of helicopters Mi- 35 " and other Russian arms , had the newspaper said , citing sources in the Russian defense industry . These purchases must be financed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to Vedomosti.
L'Egypte sur le point de s'offrir quatre Gowind de DCNS pour 1 milliard d'euros
