U.S. APPROVES AIRCRAFT ENGINE PROJECT FOR EGYPT

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has approved assistance for a project
to upgrade engines for Egypt's combat helicopter fleet.

The Defense Department has awarded General Electric a $7.8 million contract
for the improvement of the T-58 engines in the Egyptian Air Force. The
contract calls for General Electric, based in Lynn, Mass., to provide
components and services for the T-58.

A Pentagon statement said most of the award called for General Electric to
improve the T-58 engines in the U.S. Navy. More than three percent of the
contract was meant for Egypt.

Egypt's U.S.-origin helicopter fleet includes the AH-64A Apache, CH-47C
Chinook heavy lift helicopter, which was being
upgraded to D configuration. Egypt has also ordered the S-70 Black Hawk
utilitary helicopter.
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