Egypt buys 12 Chinook helos from Boeing

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a $426 million contract to produce 12 CH-47F Chinooks for the Egyptian Air Force, the company announced Tuesday.

The contract comes more than seven months after the U.S. State Department approved the foreign military sale on May 26 for Egypt to buy 23 “F” models and related equipment for $2.6 billion.

This is the first contract as part of that potential sale, and the country has the option to purchase 11 more, a spokesman with Boeing told Defense News.

Egypt plans to replace its fleet of CH-47D helos with the “F” model, which will “enhance Egypt’s Chinook capabilities and help effectively accomplish its heavy-lift objectives,” Ken Eland, vice president and H-47 program manager at Boeing, said in a statement.

In its notification to Congress, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the sale would help improve Egypt’s security as a major non-NATO ally of the United States. The United States and 19 other countries operate more than 950 Chinooks.

Initial deliveries are to begin in 2026.

The U.S. Army also ordered two other CH-47F helos for itself, the company spokesman said.

The aircraft type features a digital cockpit management system, a Common Avionics Architecture System cockpit and advanced cargo-handling capabilities, Boeing said in the statement.

Zamone “Z” Perez is a reporter at Military Times. He previously worked at Foreign Policy and Ufahamu Africa. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he researched international ethics and atrocity prevention in his thesis. He can be found on Twitter @zamoneperez.

华盛顿——波音公司周二宣布，美国陆军已授予该公司一份价值 4.26 亿美元的合同，为埃及空军生产 12 架 CH-47F“支奴干”直升机。

这份合同是在美国国务院于 5 月 26 日批准向埃及出售 23 架“F”型装甲车及相关设备，总价值 26 亿美元七个多月后签订的。

波音公司的一位发言人告诉《防务新闻》，这是这笔潜在交易的第一份合同，该国可以选择再购买 11 架。

波音公司副总裁兼 H-47 项目经理肯·伊兰在一份声明中表示，埃及计划用“F”型直升机替换其 CH-47D 直升机机队，这将“增强埃及的奇努克直升机能力，并有助于有效实现其重型运输目标”。

美国国防安全合作局在提交给国会的通知中表示，此次军售将有助于提升埃及作为美国主要非北约盟友的安全。美国和其他19个国家共拥有超过950架奇努克直升机。

首批产品将于 2026 年开始交付。

该公司发言人表示，美国陆军还为自己订购了另外两架 CH-47F 直升机。

波音公司在声明中表示，该机型配备了数字驾驶舱管理系统、通用航空电子架构系统驾驶舱和先进的货物处理能力。

扎莫内·“Z”·佩雷斯是《军事时报》的记者。他曾就职于《外交政策》和《乌法哈姆非洲》。他毕业于西北大学，毕业论文研究国际伦理和暴行预防。他的推特账号是@zamoneperez。