Land Warfare

IDEX 2023: US extends M1 Abrams tank support for MENA operators

15th February 2023

General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded additional Foreign Military Sales funds to extend technical support work for M1 Abrams tanks operated by Egypt, Morocco, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Land Warfare

Rostec announces Kornet-EM can be fitted to any carrier

3rd December 2021

Rostec subsidiary, High-Precision Weapons Holding, has modified the Kornet-EM to be fitted onto any vehicle or carrier.

Land Warfare

Egypt eyes Hanwha K9 Thunder howitzers

2nd December 2021

The South Korean news agency Yonhap announced on 30 November that the country is negotiating the export of K9 Thunder howitzers with Egypt at the EDEX 2021 exhibition in Cairo.

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Bayraktar TB2 [Egypt]

Programme Background Speculation  At EDEX 2023, held in December, Baykar displayed models of its Bayraktar TB2 and Akicni drones with the Egyptian flag and Egyptian Air Force roundels, suggesting ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

Sinai-200

Programme Background Egypt operates a large tracked APC and IFV fleet, but it is primarily composed of legacy Soviet BMP-1s obtained from various sources, second-hand ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

Sherpa Light (Egypt)

Programme Background Egypt is believed to have taken delivery of at least 173 Sherpa Lights and 18 Sherpa Light Scout 4x4 armoured vehicles from Arquus ...

Tanks

MBT (Egypt)

Programme Background The Egyptian Army operates a vast number of MBTs, including 1,130 General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) M1A1 Abrams assembled in fits and starts between 1984 ...

Frigates

MEKO A-200 (1-4) [Egypt]

Programme Background Timeline The Egyptian Navy has undergone a significant modernisation in the last decade with the orders for four new submarines and four new ...

Land: RWS

Eagle 1

The Eagle 1 RWS was developed by Arab International Optronics (AIO) in cooperation with Escribano Mechanical & Engineering (EM&E;), with the aim of eventually producing ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

ST-500

The ST-500 lightly armoured 4x4 armoured vehicle was developed by International Marathon United Technologies in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production. It is available in ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Sky Guard SG-03

Saudi Arabia’s tactical Sky Guard SG-03 was developed by Prince Sultan Advanced Technology Research Institute (PSATRI) – an R&D; organisation that supports the Royal Saudi ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

EJ-30

Produced by Industrial Complex Engineering Robots in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production, the EJ-30 is a MALE UAV with visual similarity to the ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Ahmous

Developed by the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production, the Ahmous is a fixed-wing drone designed for reconnaissance tasks. A 145hp reciprocating engine powers the drone ...

Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Spear-22

The Spear-22 is a Cypriot loitering munition and UAV from CyRIC AGS. The in-development drone can be launched from a mobile container and can also ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

Sinai-200

The Sinai-200 (also known as Sena-200) is a family of tracked vehicles developed by the Egyptian MoD's Ministry of Military Production (MOMP). Although derived from ...

Loitering munitions

CM-501 (series)

The CM-501 series is a family of Chinese loitering munition systems. Munitions in the series can be attached and launched from helicopters, ground vehicles or ships. The ...

Mine-protected vehicles

ST-100

Originally designed by Egyptian-owned South African company SASKA in 2016, the ST-100 4x4 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle was officially unveiled at the 2018 EDEX exhibition after the ...

Land: RWS

Aspis

The Aspis lightweight RWS is designed for use on land and naval platforms. Unveiled by Escribano Mechanical & Engineering in September 2020, it leverages technology ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Shahpar II

Manufactured by the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) and marketed by Global Industrial Defence Solutions (GIDS), the Shahpar II is a MALE UAV designed to ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Special operations vehicles

Sherpa Light

The Sherpa Light is a three-door variant of Renault’s Sherpa tactical vehicle series designed to carry up to ten soldiers and their equipment.  It can ...

Tanks

K2

Hyundai Rotem has developed the K2 'Black Panther' MBT since 1993 to meet the requirements of the Republic of Korea Army. A total of 600 ...

Tanks

M1/M1A1 Abrams

The 105mm-armed M1 Abrams tracked MBT was introduced into US Army service in 1980 as a replacement for the 105mm-armed M60 MBT. In April 1991, ...

Frigates

MEKO A-200

The MEKO A-200 is a general-purpose frigate development of the MEKO 200 design in service with multiple nations. Built by Germany's Blohm+Voss, Howaldtswerke Deutsch Werft ...