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Thales Appoints New Country Director in Egypt
2019-05-10 Read More...
Thales, a global leader in aerospace, defense, security, space, and transportation sectors, announced the appointment of Sherif Barakat as the new Country Director of

Egypt’s Military Production Ministry, RKD to Cooperate in Waste Recycling
2019-03-01 Read More...
The Egyptian Ministry of Military Production has agreed with the Recycling Kontor Dual Company (RKD) to cooperate in the field of waste management and the recycling

Egypt, Sahel-Saharan States Start Counter-Terrorism Drills
2018-12-12 Read More...
The Egyptian military started joint counter-terrorism exercises with several African counterparts from the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Daily News Egypt

EDEX 2018 Concludes With Several Arms Contracts
2018-12-07 Read More...
The Egyptian armed forces signed several arms contracts with international companies during the International Exhibition for Defense and Military Industries, EDEX 2018, according to the military spokesperson’s Tamer El-Rafaie on Wednesday, Daily

Egypt, Sudan Discuss Boosting Military Cooperation
2018-12-07 Read More...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with Sudan’s Minister of Defense Awad Bin Owf this week, to discuss bilateral relations, according to a statement from the presidency spokesperson, Bassam

Egyptian President Receives US National Intelligence Director
2018-12-06 Read More...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with the Director of US National Intelligence, Dan Coats, in Cairo on Tuesday in the presence of the Chief of Egyptian General Intelligence Service, the Presidency

Egypt’s Defense Minister Attends Joint Drills with Greece, Cyprus
2018-11-30 Read More...
Egypt’s Minister of Defense, Mohamed Zaki (photo), headed to Greece on Wednesday to witness the major exercise of the country’s joint drills with the Greek and Cypriot naval forces in the Mediterranean Sea, dubbed Medusa 7, the military spokesperson

Egyptian-French Navies Start Maritime Training Exercise
2018-11-09 Read More...
Egyptian and French naval forces started a maritime training exercise in the northern Mediterranean on Wednesday, Daily News Egypt

Egypt Hosts ‘Arab Shield 1’ Military Exercise
2018-11-02 Read More...
A delegation from eight Arab countries arrived at Egypt to participate in major joint Arab military exercise titled ‘Arab Shield 1’ which will take place from 3 to 16 November, according to armed forces spokesperson Tamer

Egyptian President Inspects Future Military Air Base
2018-10-23 Read More...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi visited a military air base on Friday and inspected air forces troops, according to a the Presidency’s spokesperson

Egypt’s Chief-of-Staff Expected to Visit South Korea Soon
2018-08-30 Read More...
Egypt’s Army Chief-of-Staff, Mohamed Hegazy, is expected to visit South Korea shortly, accompanied by a military delegation, South Korean Ambassador to Egypt, Yeocheol Yoon, told Daily News

Egypt Launches Two Naval Drills with Britain, France
2018-08-09 Read More...
The Egyptian military has participated in two naval drills with the British and French counterparts in the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea,

Egypt’s President Attends Closing Ceremony of Gulf Shield 1
2018-04-18 Read More...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, and a number of other Arab leaders and senior officials from 25 countries, witnessed on Monday the closing ceremony parade of the “Gulf Shield 1” military drills,

Egypt, Russia “Initialed or Signed” $3 Billion Arms Deal
2016-08-09 Read More...
Russia and Egypt have “already initialed or signed” a $3 billion arms deal, Russian newspaper Vedomosti

Egypt Receives Molniya RKA-32 Corvette from Russia
2016-08-08 Read More...
Russia delivered Thursday a Molniya RKA-32 corvette to Egypt, which the military spokesperson said was received as a present from Russian

Egypt, France Sign €1 Billion Arms Deal
2014-11-28 Read More...
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi started a European tour on Monday, with Italy as his first destination, followed by the Vatican and France.

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