North Africa

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to the Tunisian government for 65-foot SAFE Archangel Boats and associated logistical and program support, estimated at $110 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has certified the notification to Congress of this possible sale today.

As part of our European tour, we had the pleasure of visiting the factories of John Cockerill Defence in Liege, Belgium, a company that is very well known in the Africa and Middle East region, but also in South-East Asia and Latin America, for the quality of their turrets and their ability to adapt to the demands of different customers.

It is scandal that was revealed by the investigative NGO Disclose and that directly accuses the French Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM) of complicity in extrajudicial executions against Egyptian smugglers. An affair that lasted five years that demonstrates the ambiguous relations between Paris and Cairo on the background of arms contracts.

In seven years Tunisia will have used a total of 757 million dollars from the U.S. military and security cooperation program, a considerable contribution for a Ministry of Defense whose budget is around 1.2 billion dollars.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the Indian state-owned group that manufactures the LCA Tejas fighter, has offered to set up manufacturing unit for a light fighter on its soil in the framework of a contract for the acquisition of the small multi-role 4th generation fighter. Egypt could repeat the experience of the K-8 Karakoroum, which is manufactured locally with Chinese assistance.

Russia’s Nebo-M radars can detect advanced aircraft, including F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II of the United States, Almaz-Antey Director General Yan Novikov said[1].

The Egyptian Navy has received its second FREMM frigate, ENS Bernees, from Italy. The ship arrived at the military port of Alexandria on April 14th. ENS Bernees ex-Emilio Bianchi succeeds ENS Al Galala (ex Spartaco Schergat), received on December 31, 2020.

CAIRO / N / AF / ROSOBORONEXPORT / 2018/10 (P / 1781811151143) as of 19/03/2018, This is the title of the contract between Egypt and Russia for the supply of a number of Su-35 fighters from Sukhoi to the Egyptian air forces.