Al Ahram Weekly reports on the variety and sophistication of the products on display at this year’s Egypt Defence Industries Exhibition
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Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Ahmed Khalifa and his Qatari counterpart Lieutenant General (Pilot) Jassim bin Mohammed Al-Mannai chaired on Saturday the closing session of the third meeting of the Egyptian-Qatari Military Cooperation Committee.
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Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Ahmed Khalifa met on Thursday with Commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) Admiral Brad Cooper to discuss ways to enhance military cooperation between the two countries.
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The second day of the fourth Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX 2025), held from 1 to 4 December at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre, featured a wide display of optical and electro-optical systems at the Arab International Optronics (AIO) pavilion.
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The US Embassy announced on Wednesday that US Ambassador to Egypt Herro Mustafa Garg and Major General Kevin Leahy, former commander of Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve, inaugurated the US Pavilion at Egypt’s Defence Expo (EDEX 2025) on Tuesday.
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The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) has signed a new partnership agreement with France’s Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of the Rafale fighter jet.
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General Abdel Mageed Saqr, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and minister of defence, attended the main phase of a missile-firing exercise carried out by Air Defence Forces units.
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The fourth edition of the Egypt Defence Expo is scheduled to open next week.
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President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attended on Tuesday the aptitude and personal evaluation tests for students applying to join the Egyptian Military Academy and other military colleges at the academy’s headquarters in the New Capital.
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The Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Sunday the continuation of the joint military exercise Medusa-14, currently taking place across the Mediterranean theatre of operations, Mohamed Naguib Military Base and several Egyptian air bases.
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The “Medusa-14” joint military exercise, bringing together forces from Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, and France, along with 12 observer nations, kicked off in Egypt across the Mediterranean and several Egyptian military bases, the Egyptian Armed Forces stated on Wednesday.
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Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Ahmed Khalifa concluded an official visit to Saudi Arabia, where he co-chaired with Chief of General Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili the closing session of the 11th meeting of the Egyptian-Saudi Military Cooperation Committee.
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Minister of Defence and Military Production General Abdel-Meguid Saqr attended the presentation of the Armed Forces Strategic Studies Center’s main research paper titled Shifts in the Regional Balance of Power in the Middle East amid International and Regional Developments and Their Impact on Egyptian National Security.
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The Armed Forces participated on Thursday alongside several Commonwealth countries, including the UK, Germany, Italy, and Greece, in the annual ceremony commemorating the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of El-Alamein, which took place in the El-Alamein operations area in 1942.
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Ahmed Al-Deeb talks to Egyptian Air Force Commander Air Marshal Amr Sakr about the EAF’s actions and capabilities, and its preparedness to respond to potential threats.
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The Egyptian Armed Forces said in a statement that a sudden explosion occurred at 1:45PM Cairo Time (GMT +3) on Monday, during the dismantling of outdated explosive devices at a weapons and ammunition workshop in Al-Heikstep.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defence and Military Production General Abdel Mageed Saqr participated on behalf of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in the commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the late leader Gamal Abdel Nasser’s passing.
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The participation of 44 countries in the 2025 edition of the Bright Star exercise underscores the growing international confidence in Egypt’s integrated military training system.
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Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Ahmed Khalifa attended on Tuesday one of the main activities of the Egypt-US joint drill Bright Star 2025, which simulated an operation to eliminate a terrorist stronghold, clear it of militants, and secure the return of life to normal.
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As part of the Egypt-US joint military exercise Bright Star 2025, airborne forces from several participating countries carried out free-fall parachute jumps with flags over the historic Giza Pyramids area.
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