The U.S. State Department said it has approved the sale of maritime domain awareness (MDA) and related equipment to the Egyptian government.

Egypt plans to use the MDA to provide “real-time situational awareness of maritime observation capability” in the defence of the maritime border, natural resources and ports.

Equipment with approximately $417 million in sales:

34 integrated fixed towers with supporting equipment; 28 communication towers with supporting equipment; 12 relay towers with supporting equipment; six naval base operations rooms, two regional operations centres, and one strategic operation centre all with supporting equipment; six harbour protection systems with supporting equipment; intelligent fiber intrusion detection system; 12 vertical take-off and landing UAV with six ground stations; 14 mobile maritime surveillance vehicles; and three aerostat ISR integrated platform with supporting equipment.