The Mi-17V-5 medium transport helicopter of Egyptian Air Force, equipped with the President-S defence system, was spotted during military exercise Bright Star 2017. The Mi-17V-5 is the new version of the Mi-8/17 military transport helicopter. The helicopters carried out the tasks of medical evacuation in the course of the US-Egyptian joint exercise “Bright Star 2017” that began in […]

Egypt plans to purchase a batch of 50 Tigr special armored vehicles for its Interior Ministry, Military Industrial Company’s CEO Alexander Krasovitsky said in an interview with TASS at the Army-2017 international military technical forum. “Yes, work is under way. The issue concerns 50 vehicles and we will probably sign a contract in the near […]

The Egyptian Ministry of Defence is looking to increase the size of its self-propelled artillery fleet. The Egyptian military issued a request for proposals for the acquisition of the modern 155mm self-propelled artillery systems to France, Russia, South Africa and South Korea. Egypt reportedly plans to complete performance evaluations of the howitzers by the end of the year and sign a deal […]

The Egyptian Ministry of Defence has received into service the new 59N6E Protivnik-GE 3D early warning surveillance radar from Russia. The 59N6E Protivnik-GE 3D early warning surveillance radar was spotted during a latest military parade in Egypt. According to the ausairpower.net, the 59N6E Protivnik-GE is a medium/high-altitude radar is designed to acquire and track strategic and tactical planes, air-launched […]

Egypt and France are set to launch naval military exercise Cleopatra 2017 on Monday, which will run for several days on Egyptian territorial waters in the Mediterranean and Red Seas. That was reported by ahram.org.eg. In a statement on Monday, the Egyptian armed forces said the training encompasses several units and naval machinery, including Egyptian […]

Russian defence companies are hoping to sign the mega deal with Egyptian Armed Forces to supply T-90MS main battle tanks (MBTs). That was reported by www.menadefense.net with a reference to the Russian source. According to the source, the Egyptian Armed Forces is looking to acquire newly T-90MS main battle tanks. The Egypt’s Army can order about 400 or 500 new […]

The first Ka-52 Aligator attack helicopter with desert camo of the Egyptian Air Force was spotted at the Progress factory in Arsenyev, Russia. The first photo of Ka-52 of the Egyptian Air Force was released by Hammer Head. Egypt’s Defence Ministry will get 46 Ka-52 Alligator combat helicopters in 2017-2019. In September 2016, Egypt and Russia signed a training agreement, […]

The Egyptian Armed Forces have received the first batch of missiles for the S-300VM Antey-2500 missile defense system, the menadefense.net reported on Tuesday. Egypt will be officially the fist export client for this advanced system that can intercept and destroy aircrafts and missiles (including balistic ones) in large radius area. Three regiments of S-300VM have […]

Deputy Minister of Defense of Egypt Mohammad Al-Keshky announced on 27 April that the Egypt Air Forces has received its first batch of Russian modern MiG-29M2 fighter jets. That was reported by Interfax. “We have already received some of the aircraft, but not all. The execution of the contract continues, “said Al-Keshky. Deliveries are set […]

The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) is scheduled to receive the first MiG-35 multi-role fighters in the first half of 2017. The first  MiG-35 multipurpose generation 4++ fighter (№ 811) of Egyptian Air Force was spotted at Zhukovsky Air Base, Russia. Earlier media reports that Egypt seeking to procure several dozen MiGs using either a credit line from Moscow or […]