Egypt is in talks with the Swedish defense company Saab to replace the Egyptian Air Force's (EAF) aging E-2C Hawkeye 2000 fleet.
Talks began on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show in late June 2025 and have since evolved into a formal government-to-government scoping phase overseen jointly by the Egyptian Armed Forces Armament Authority and EAF command.
The following note sheds light on:
- The current status of the talks,
- Egypt’s underlying objectives,
- The EAF's assessment outcomes for the platform,
- Key constraints and points of friction shaping the negotiations.
