Aw: Arms dealers kinda bumming over Egypt

“None of these contracts are binding in the face of a hostile regime,” said Anthony Cordesman, who holds the Arleigh Burke chair in strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “We’ve seen that with Iran and other cases in the past.”

Egypt has long been a valued customer of the U.S. defense industry. But at least in the near term, the dynamic isn’t likely to change any more than for other business in the nation, which has largely ground to a halt because of the ongoing unrest, said Eric Edelman, a distinguished fellow with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.