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The civilian and military leadership, and command structure of the Egyptian forces, including service-by-service statistics and weapons systems, are described.

After a long period of upheaval, Egyptians are still striving to return to some sort of normality. Opinions on whether President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is the man to bring [...]

Egyptian security services face an ongoing battle against terrorist attacks Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, has approved stringent new counter-terrorism laws to fight a growing jihadist insurgency. The laws establish [...]

Byline: Beth Stevenson âThe Egyptian air force has conducted air strikes against Islamic State militants in Libya, in retaliation to the killing of 21 Egyptians that extremists associated with the [...]

Byline: Beth Stevenson âThales has confirmed that Egypt has ordered 24 Dassault Rafale multirole aircraft, following a selection announcement for an undisclosed number of the type on 12 February. Thales [...]

Syrian opposition groups accused government forces of using chemical weapons in attacks on suburbs of Damascus, killing--they claimed--hundreds of people. Bashar Assad's regime dismissed the claim, but if proved true [...]

developmentS An unmanned helicopter named the R300 has been unveiled by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), as the company draws close to securing the first export order for its Anka (Phoenix) [...]

Byline: Sarah A. TopolThe current crackdown could spell the end of U.S. military assistance to Cairo.Just after noon on Dec. 29, Julie Hughes, the Egypt country director of the U.S.-based [...]

The Arab countries immediately bordering Israel are ramping up weapons spending. The US government is pumping more military aid into Jordan and Lebanon. Egypt has launched a new wave of [...]

The past year has been one of the most dramatic in the history of the Middle East. Irag's invasion of Kuwait plunged the region into war. Now, out of the […]

Gamal Mubarak rubs up his image Why Egypt's unofficial crown prince has staked his country's claim WHEN Gamal Mubarak, the son of Egypt's president, announced his country's intention to pursue [...]

nEhawkeye upgrades Egypt is expressing interest in acquiring a surplus US Navy E-2C Group 0 to upgrade along with its fleet of five similar standard aircraft to Hawkeye 2000s. The [...]

Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems-Undersea Systems (Manassas, VA) has been selected to provide the combat system, including EW equipment, for the four Ambassador Mk III fast missile craft [...]

CHINA HAS ANNOUNCED a collaboration accord with Egypt for the construction of a peaceful nuclear power industry on the Mediterranean. Russia and the United States are also competing hard for [...]

Congress is reluctant to punish Egypt's autocratic regime by cutting foreign aid, as it would cost the US a vital ally and its weapon manufacturers millions of dollars of annual sales turning the aid arrangement into one of the largest and most reliable weapon programs in the nation. The US military aid to Egypt that leads to big deals from Egypt and thousands of jobs is significant to the lawmakers who represent the district where the defense companies are situated.

To protect its own borders and to be a stabilizing force in the Near East, Egypt is seeking to modernize its armed forces through buying technology from developed countries. Egypt is interested in phasing out Soviet weapons and hoping to use western military supplies. The scope of their modernizing is analyzed.

On the heels of the first F-16 delivery in May (a month ahead of schedule) under Egypt's Peace Vector V program (see 'Egypt Orders 21 F-16s,' JED, September 1996, p. [...]