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Egyptian Space Agency to Launch First Satellite Assembly Center in 2021
2020-03-05 Read More...
Egypt will launch the first satellite assembly center in March 2021, CEO of Egyptian Space Agency Mohamed ElKoosy said, noting that the agency is currently in the final stages of adjusting the subsystems of Tiba 1 satellite to be ready for

Egyptian, Saudi Naval Forces Start Joint Drills in Red Sea
2020-01-24 Read More...
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that the Egyptian and Saudi naval forces started to conduct joint maritime exercises within Egypt’s territorial waters in the Red Sea, Middle East News Agency (MENA)

PELICAN Products to Present Latest Lights & Protective Cases at EGYPS
2020-01-22 Read More...
Pelican™ Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of protective cases and advanced portable lighting systems, offers the perfect array of products for professionals working in high-risk

Egyptian President Inaugurates Red Sea’s Largest Military Base
2020-01-17 Read More...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated on Wednesday Berenice military base, located south of Red Sea, local media

Lebanese Defense Minister Meets Egyptian Counterpart
2019-12-17 Read More...
Lebanon’s Minister of Defense, Elias Bou Saab, held a meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Minister of Defense and Military Production, Lieutenant General Mohamed Ahmed

Egypt Ranks 12th Strongest Military Power Worldwide
2019-12-05 Read More...
The Egyptian army surpassed the United States, Turkey, and Israel in air defense forces and missiles with 1,100 rocket projectors, Daily News Egypt reported quoting the Global Fire Power (GFP) ranking. This renders the Egyptian army to become ranked

Egypt to Receive First 2 Russian Su-35 Fighter Jets in 2020
2019-11-28 Read More...
Egypt will receive two out of a 26 Sukhoi-35 fighter jets deal early next year, the Russian Expert magazine

Barrett Wins Contract for US Funded Communication Project in Egypt
2019-11-21 Read More...
Barrett Communications have recently delivered equipment as part of a United States funded program into Egypt. The contract was to supply High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) radio communications

Russia Confirms Readiness to Strengthen Egyptian Army
2019-11-14 Read More...
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived to the Egyptian capital Cairo Tuesday, where he met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and other senior defense

Egypt, Russia Conclude ‘Arrow of Friendship-2019’ Drills
2019-11-08 Read More...
Air defense units of the Russian and Egyptian armed forces have conducted live firing from air defense systems during military drills near the Egyptian capital Cairo, the press service of Russia’s Southern Military District said on

Egypt’s Military Production Authority, Swiss TCG Sign MoU
2019-11-05 Read More...
The National Authority for Military Production and the Swiss TCG signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) over waste-to-energy technologies, according to a statement from the Ministry of

Saudi Arabia, UAE Eye Egyptian-Made ST-100 Armored Vehicle
2019-10-31 Read More...
Egypt is producing armored vehicles with ejectable escape crew capsules that can afford full protection to its crew when a blast

Egypt-Russia Start First Joint Air Defense Drills
2019-10-29 Read More...
The first Russian-Egyptian air defense drills, the Arrow of Friendship-2019, kicked off at a practice range of the Egyptian air defense troops’ training tactical center on Sunday, TASS news agency quoted the press service of the Southern Military

Russia, Egypt Discuss Ka-52 Deliveries for Mistral Warships
2019-10-25 Read More...
Russia is holding consultations with Egypt on the deliveries of armament and Ka-52 combat helicopters for Mistral amphibious assault ships, Head of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev said in the run-up to the

Egypt, Jordan Start ‘Aqaba 5’ Joint Military Drill
2019-10-25 Read More...
Members of the Jordanian Armed Forces arrived Wednesday in Egypt to take part in the Jordanian-Egyptian military drills, dubbed Aqaba 5, for several

Egypt, France Conduct Joint Maritime Drills in Mediterranean
2019-10-18 Read More...
Egyptian and French armed forces on Wednesday conducted maritime drills in the Mediterranean Sea, according to a statement by Egyptian military spokesperson, Daily News Egypt

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