Decision to purchase Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopters in May

CAIRO – 5 May 2017: The Egyptian government is expected to decide on a tender to purchase Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopters for the Mistral-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) warships in May, Russian TASS news agency reported on Friday, siting Russian Helicopters Group CEO Andrei Boginsky.

"The tender procedure is at the final stage. I believe that we’ll learn about the result of this tender during May. Of course, we understand that our hardware is better than its foreign rivals by performance characteristics," Boginsky was quoted as saying.

The Egyptian Naval Army has received two Mistral-class carriers from France in 2016, as per a 950 million EUR deal signed in October 2015..