Middle East
Egypt to Build Armed Offshore Patrol Vessels
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Defense Industry
UAE Buys 80 French Rafale F4 Jet For Its Air Force
In the presence of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and Sheikh Mohammed ben Zayed Al Nahyane, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Vice-Commander of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates […]
Air Platform
France, Egypt 30 Rafale jets deal came into effect on 15 November
French Defense Ministry Spokesman Herve Grandjean revealed that the contract that was signed between Egypt and the French Dassault Aviation company to purchase additional 30 Rafale fighter jets would come into force this summer. In […]
Middle East
Egypt to receive six Meko-200 Frigates from Germany
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems has started installing weapons and on-board equipment at its shipyard in Kiel, Germany, on the Al Aziz frigate, the first of six MEKO A-200 ships commissioned by the Egyptian Navy. In particular, […]
Central Asia
Italian Leonardo Scored Major M-346 Trainer Deal From Egypt, Greece, Poland and Turkmenistan
Leonardo appears to have secured a new order for its M-346 advanced jet trainer on top of a likely commitment from Elbit Systems for the type. Disclosing its first-quarter performance on 6 May, the Italian […]
C4iSR
NPO PHAZOTRON Zhuk Radar, a demised hope for Russian aerospace industries
German Ace Eric Hartmann said, ‘He who sees first has half the battle.’ In 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko escaped with his MiG-25P to Japan, thus revealing RP-SA Smerch-A (NATO: Fox Fire) radar technology to […]
Air Platform
Russia Quietly Dumped AESA Radar and TVC In MiG-35 Fighters
The first batch of six RAC (Russian Aircraft Corporation) “MiG” MiG-35 multi-role combat aircrafts have been delivered to the VKS (Russian aerospace forces), according to Ilya Tarasenko, director-general of RAC MiG, in an announcement made […]
C4iSR
Su-35’s Irbis-E FCR: A Glorified Soviet-era Phased Array Radar
German Ace Eric Hartmann said, ‘He who sees first has half the battle.’ Radar control system “Irbis” is a multifunctional X-band system based on a phased array with electronic beam control, located on a two-degree […]
Defense Industry
Egypt Is The Largest Buyer Of German And French Weapons
Egypt had signed a contract in 2015 with France to get 24 Rafale fighter jets for the Egyptian Air Force. The 24 Rafale aircrafts were part of a deal valued at 5.3 billion euros ($5.9 […]
Middle East
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems hands over fourth S44 submarine to Egyptian Navy
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems today officially handed over the fourth Type 209/1400mod class submarine, named “S44”, to the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Dr. Rolf Wirtz, CEO of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems: I would like […]