The Egypt’s military is to receive its first Ka-52 combat helicopters in the third quarter of 2017. In an interview with Russian news agency TASS, Russian Helicopters subsidiary Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company’s CEO Andrei Boginsky said the first batch of the Ka-52 reconnaissance/attack helicopters (also known by the NATO reporting name Hokum-B), would be delivered before […]

The Egyptian Navy officially received its first Type 209/1400 submarine from the German submarine specialist ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The second HDW 209/1400mod class submarine (Yard No. 448) for the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt was named at the shipyard of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems in Kiel today. “S41”, the first submarine of this […]

Egypt has asked Russia to deliver the newest Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system, that was reported by Izvestia. According to the source, Egypt is planning to submit a request for the newest Russian Buk-M3 medium-range surface-to-air missile system. “The Egypt has already sent an official request through the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. However, the parties still need to […]

Kader Factory for Developed Industries, part of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, has developed a new «Temsah» armored personnel carrier for the Egyptian Army. The Temsah (crocodile) is a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP).  The Temsah is designed primarily to be used by the military for convoy protection, border patrol, counter insurgency, troop transportation, medical evacuation and command […]

Units of the Russian Airborne troops with hardware and armament are participating in the joint international exercise held in Africa for the first time. They are to leave Russia for Egypt in October 2016. This exercise will be one of the first opportunities to hold joint exercise in the territory of Africa. Representatives of more […]

The United States delivered a batch of mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles to the Egyptian military on Thursday, the US embassy said in an official statement. The heavily armored MRAP vehicles are specifically designed to protect soldiers from blasts emanating from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), landmines, and other types of attacks. Thursday’s delivery is considered the […]

Tatra Trucks has signed an agreement with Jordan and Egypt  to supply truck chassis. Czech Tatra said that Jordan has imported 50 chassis on which local company KADDB (King Abdullah Design and Development Burea) builds its own military vehicle. This is a second batch after an initial 80 were exported. Egypt   has signed an […]

Egypt shows off new M46-1M self-propelled howitzer installed on a 6X6 modified Ural truck chassis. The M46-1M is a 130mm gun-howitzer installed on a Ural-4320-1911-30 armored chassis.  The self-propelled  gun is developed utilizing the 130mm towed howitzer M-46 or Chinese copy Type 59-1.  The new M46-1M self-propelled howitzer have range of more than 27 km. The gun system is mounted on a […]

Egypt confirms plans to buy Russian  «Tigr» light armoured vehicle. The delegation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Egypt expressed their interest in purchasing the latest version of Russian armored police car SBM VPK-233136 “Tiger”; This week the Ministry of Interior delegation got acquainted with the possibilities of the machine in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The GAZ […]

The Vice-president of the American Lockheed Martin’s Dennys Plessas said the Egypt will receive two C-130Js Super Hercules military transport aircraft. Aircraft to be delivered to Egypt in 2019. Egypt It will be the seventeenth international customer for the C-130J military transport aircraft. The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is […]