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Source: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/israel-united-states-military-assistance-egypt/
Israel and U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt
(Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University) Col. (ret.) Shimon Arad - In January 2018, the U.S. and Egypt signed a bilateral communications security agreement which regulates the use of sensitive American avionics and communications systems. This allows, for the first time, the acquisition by Egypt of U.S.-made high precision, GPS-based, air-to-ground weapon systems and components, as well as advanced air-to-air missiles. Given the unreliability of enduring stability in the Middle East, Israel should not disregard possible future scenarios in which its Qualitative Military Edge (QME) versus Egypt may matter.