A Remotely operated station, armed with a 12.7mm cannon and two 70mm guided missiles made by Egypt’s collaboration with Thalesgroup. All Photos are courtesy of Social Media.
What began as a platform to display Egypt’s traditional strengths in artillery, armoured platforms, and missile systems has evolved, over three consecutive editions, into a forum highlighting indigenous innovation, unmanned systems, electronic warfare, and multispectral survivability technologies.
The 2025 edition signals that Egypt is no longer merely acquiring advanced systems from abroad; it is positioning itself as a regional producer and exporter of cost-effective, combat-proven technologies.
Since its first edition, EDEX has served as a catalyst for accelerating domestic R&D, strengthening international partnerships, and establishing joint-manufacturing frameworks with global defence companies.
By 2025, these programmes had matured into full product families—including loitering munitions, FPV drones, unmanned ground vehicles, and indigenous multispectral camouflage—demonstrating continuity of investment and a clear shift toward next-generation warfare requirements.
1. Egyptian soldier-borne lightweight drone
Category: Ultra-light loitering/suicide drone for individual soldier deployment
Weight: ~3 kilograms
Warhead / Payload: 250 gram explosive warhead
Operational Range: Up to 3 kilometres
Launch: Hand-launched
Role: Individual strike capability at squad/infantry level, close combat, urban engagement, rapid target neutralization
Key features:
- Designed to be carried by a single soldier as part of a load-out (up to four units).
- Provides immediate tactical strike capacity without heavy logistics.
- Fully domestically produced in Egypt (with cooperative development), emphasises local manufacturing capacity.
2. Heavier suicide drone (platform-launched, 6 kilometres range)
Category: Medium loitering/strike drone intended to engage armored and hardened targets
Warhead / Payload: Heavier explosive payload (significantly more than the soldier-borne drone)
Operational Range: Up to 6 kilometres
Launch Method: Portable or vehicle-mounted platforms
Role: Anti-vehicle / anti-armor, protected-position strikes, longer-range tactical use
Key Features:
- Offers higher strike power than a lightweight drone.
- Allows engagement of more protected or larger targets (armored vehicles, fortifications).
- Complements the lightweight drone to give forces a layered strike capability.
3. “Nayzak 1–2–3” drone-launched munitions
Developer: Sakr Factory / The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI)
Type: High-explosive, UAV-compatible guided projectiles
Variants & Intended Targets:
- Nayzak 1: Anti-personnel / light-target engagement
- Nayzak 2: Penetration of medium fortifications
- Nayzak 3: Anti-armor warhead, for use on suicide drones targeting vehicles or hardened positions
Key Features:
- Fully domestically designed and manufactured.
- Integrated targeting, fire-control, and guidance systems with UAV platforms.
- Allows Egypt to field precision drone-strike capability across a spectrum of mission profiles.
- Now reportedly in mass production and ready for operational use or export.
4. “Aqrab” 6×6 Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)
Type: Wheeled autonomous / remotely-controlled ground robot
Drive & Mobility: Armored 6×6 chassis; capable of navigating narrow urban passages, rough terrain
Armament: Remote-controlled 12.7 millimetre heavy machine-gun station (modular mounting)
Sensors & Payloads: Day/night cameras, infrared sensors, electro-optical targeting, laser-rangefinder; supports alternative payloads (recon, engineering, ambulance/evac, logistics)
Control: Remote operation or programmed autonomy with a secured control link
Key Features:
- Designed to support reconnaissance, fire support, logistics, or evacuation without endangering personnel.
- Modular design: weapon station or alternate payloads depending on mission.
- Low thermal/acoustic signature for stealthier deployment.
5. Thermobaric & Anti-Tank Rocket Systems (Sakr 105 & 107)
Sakr 105
- Ammunition Options: Tandem-charge anti-armor warhead; thermobaric (fuel-air / thermobaric) warhead.
- Intended Use: Destroy fortified positions, tunnels, buildings; strong effect against bunkers or urban strongpoints via thermal-pressure blast.
Sakr 107 (Vehicle-Mounted Launcher)
- Mounting: Compatible with any light vehicle, flexible mobility, and deployment.
- Operational Flexibility: Can be fired from within the vehicle for crew protection or externally, depending on tactical conditions; supports rapid movement and repositioning.
6. Egyptian Multispectral / Thermal-Camouflage Combat Suit
Producer: Scientific & Technological Excellence Center, Ministry of Military Production
Technology: Multi-layer composite fabric with nanomaterials, designed to disrupt thermal radiation emitted by the human body
Objective: Reduce soldiers’ heat signature to complicate detection by infrared sensors, FLIR-equipped drones, and thermal cameras
Intended Users: Snipers, reconnaissance teams, special operations forces, and infantry under threat of drone surveillance or FPV strikes
Part of Counter-Drone / Signature-Management Ecosystem:
- Complemented by electronic warfare suites, sensor systems, and active and passive defense tools
- Represents a shift toward multispectral stealth and survivability in Egypt’s doctrine
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