Tag: Egypt
Egypt continues with Apache sensor upgrades
Lockheed Martin has been awarded another contract for the upgrade of Egyptian Air Force AH-64D Apache attack helicopter sensors as part of a fleet...
US approves CH-47F Chinook sale to Egypt
The United States has approved a possible sale of 23 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Egypt in a deal that could be worth up...
Egypt seeking 5 000 TOW missiles in $700 million deal
Egypt is looking to buy 5 000 TOW 2A anti-tank missiles from the United States in a deal that could be worth up to $691...
Six more Swiftships patrol craft for Egypt
The Egyptian Navy will be getting another six 28 metre long Coastal Patrol Craft from Swiftships along with other equipment under a $22 million...
Egypt joins Combined Maritime Forces
Egypt has become the 34th member of the multinational Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) coalition, aimed at upholding law and order at sea.
CMF is an...
First Egyptian Meko frigate begins sea trials
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has begun sea trials of the first of six Meko A200 frigates ordered by Egypt.
Nord24 reported that the vessel, ENS...
American International Contractors awarded Egyptian F-16 hangar contact
Virginia-based company American International Contractors has been awarded a $24 million contract to build an F-16 maintenance hangar at Egypt’s Marsa Matrouh Air Base.
The...
US offers Egypt F-15 fighters
The United States has offered to sell Egypt F-15 Eagle fighter jets, after what a senior US military official said was a long, hard...
Egyptian C-130J Super Hercules deal passes Senate hurdle
The deal to sell 12 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transports to Egypt is going ahead, after the US Senate last week voted in...
SRC to supply radars for Egypt’s mobile surveillance system
SRC has been awarded a contract by the Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC) to supply its SR Hawk ground surveillance radars in support of...
Egypt to get mobile border surveillance system
US company Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC) has been awarded a contract to deliver a mobile surveillance system to Egypt under a nearly $100...
Egypt buys K9 howitzers from South Korea
Egypt has signed a $1.7 billion deal with South Korea’s Hanwha Defence for the acquisition of K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers, which will be mostly...
Egypt requests C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, air defence radars from US
The United States has approved the possible sale of a dozen Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft worth $2.2 billion to Egypt, along with...
Egypt upgrading sensors on Apache helicopters
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $102 million contract to upgrade the sensors on 25 Egyptian Air Force AH-64D Apache attack helicopters as part...
Meko frigate build underway in Egypt
Construction on the fourth and last Egyptian Navy Meko A200 frigate is underway at the Egyptian military-owned Alexandria shipyard at the in co-operation with...
Germany approves arms transfers to Egypt
Germany approved the sale of three Meko A200EN frigates and air defence systems to Egypt ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s departure from office.
Der Spiegel...
Russia and Egypt begin Bridge of Friendship 2021 joint naval exercise...
The Bridge of Friendship 2021 Russian-Egyptian joint naval exercise began earlier this week in the Gulf of Alexandria, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Crews of...
Egyptian court frees jailed researcher Zaki, trial postponed
An Egyptian court ordered the release of jailed researcher Patrick Zaki on Tuesday, an Egyptian rights group and a judicial source said, and Italy's...
Spain’s Escribano to supply remotely controlled weapons stations to Egypt
Escribano Mechanical and Engineering has conducted testing of its remotely controlled weapons stations (RCWS) on different Egyptian vehicles and platforms as part of a...
Italian parliamentary panel accuses Egyptian security of Regeni murder
An Italian parliamentary panel on Wednesday accused the Egyptian security apparatus of the kidnapping, torturing and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in...