Egypt Military & Defence

WASHINGTON, (BM) - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt of Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) for various ships for an estimated cost of $554 million, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Egypt Will Buy Six Frigates from Germany at a Total Value of 2.3 Billion Euros The…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - Egypt plans to modify its M48A3 Chaparral Fire Unit system, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, according US DoD statement on Friday. Read more: Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Vehicles Have Been Delivered to Egypt According the signed contract, ProjectXYZ Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $17,227,000 firm-fixed-price…

LONDON, (BM) - Egypt has received 930 surplus US mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs) and has requested another 1,000, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Jane`s. Read more: Egypt Will Buy Six Frigates from Germany at a Total Value of 2.3 Billion Euros It said the final shipment of 101 MRAPs arrived in Alexandria in May,…

BERLIN, Germany (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Egypt continues to renew its armed forces and will buy six frigates from Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems, Germany totaling € 2.3 billion, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The deal between Germany and Egypt includes the sale of military ships, including Meko A200 frigates. This is the second similar deal that…

JERUSALEM, Israel (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The cooperation between Egypt and Israel in the fighting against ISIS in the Sinai is now official, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Egypt’s president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has confirmed that Israel is helping Egyptian troops in their fighting against jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula. Read more:…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation (BulgarianMilitary.com) – On Monday (21st January), the spokesman of the Russian Southern Military District Col. Vadim Astafyev stated that in the period from late October to early November this year, a joint Russian-Egyptian drill will be held with the participation of the air defence forces of the both sides,…

PARIS, France (BulgarianMilitary.com) – In the middle of last week, on 5th December 2018, Naval Group announced the opening of its subsidiary in Egypt, Alexandria Naval for Maintenance and Industry (ANMI), learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read more: Russia Shows Off its Latest Military Hardware at the First Major Defence Exhibition in North…