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Egyptian Defense Minister Receives Russian Counterpart
2017-05-31 Read More...
The Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Defense and Military Production Minister Sedki Subhi, met in Cairo Tuesday with the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who is currently visiting

Egypt’s Military to Form Pharmaceutical Company
2017-01-26 Read More...
Egypt’s military has received the license required to form a pharmaceutical company, a decree by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail

Egypt Extends Armed Forces’ Participation in Yemen
2017-01-24 Read More...
Egypt’s National Defense Council held on Sunday a security meeting with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to extend the military’s participation in a Saudi-led operation in Yemen, the Presidency said in a statement. It did not specify how long the

Egypt, Greece to Kick-Start 2nd Joint Military Drills
2016-12-07 Read More...
Air and naval forces of Egypt and Greece are set to begin a five-day military and aeronautical exercise from Thursday, according to reports. The Egyptian Air Force and Navy left Sunday to take part in the exercise named Medusa

Egypt Appoints New Military Attaché in Bahrain
2016-12-02 Read More...
Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Field Marshal Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received in Manama on Wednesday the newly appointed Egyptian Non-resident Military Attaché accredited to Bahrain Colonel Mohammed Fakhri Al Sayed Al

DCI Trains First Crews for Egyptian FREMM Frigates
2016-10-20 Read More...
Working under contract to DCNS, Défense Conseil International (DCI) has trained the first crew for the Tahya Misr FREMM multi-mission frigate and the first two crews for the Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anouar-El-Sadat amphibious assault

Russia, Egypt Start First Anti-Terrorism Drills
2016-10-17 Read More...
The first Russia-Egypt anti-terrorism drills kicked off in Egypt on Saturday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry informed in a

Egypt Denies Negotiating Airbase Deal with Russia
2016-10-12 Read More...
Russia’s lower house of parliament ratified on Friday an agreement with Syria that authorizes the deployment of a Russian air group at the Hmeimim airbase for an indefinite period of

Egypt’s Helicopters Fleet to be Equipped With CMWS
2016-10-11 Read More...
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt for Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) for AH-64E Apache, UH-60 Blackhawks, and CH-47 Chinook Helicopters and related equipment, training, and

Egypt Receives Mistral Carrier Anwar El-Sadat
2016-10-10 Read More...
The Egyptian Navy on Thursday welcomed the Mistral-class Landing Helicopter Dock – named after late president Anwar El-Sadat - which arrived in the coastal city of Alexandria coinciding with the country’s celebrations of the 43rd anniversary of 1973

Egypt Requests 8 Sentinel AN/MPQ-64F1 Radars
2016-09-22 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt for Sentinel AN/MPQ-64F1 Radars and related equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $70

Smiths Detection to Supply Aviation Security Systems to Egypt
2016-08-16 Read More...
Smiths Detection has been awarded contracts worth almost £19 million by Falcon Group to provide advanced detection systems for passenger checkpoint, hold baggage and cargo screening to airports across

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

Egyptian Court Voids Maritime Border Accord with Saudi Arabia
2016-06-22 Read More...
An Egyptian court declared void on Tuesday a maritime border accord with Saudi Arabia that would have seen Egypt lose control of two Red Sea islands, judicial sources

DCNS Delivers First Mistral-Class Helicopter Carrier to Egyptian Navy
2016-06-06 Read More...
On June 2nd, 2016, DCNS delivered the first of two helicopter carriers acquired by the Arab Republic of Egypt in October 2015, the LHD (Landing Helo Dock) Gamal Abdel Nasser. The flag transfer ceremony took place in the presence of Egyptian and

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