Middle East

High-Precision Weapons JSC, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned Rostec corporation, will unveil its Bison Aerial Targets Engagement System at the El Alamein International Airshow (EIAS 2026) in Egypt, running from 8 to 10 September 2026. It is the system’s first international showing.

Egypt is reportedly preparing to order 24 additional Rafale fighters from Dassault Aviation, according to La Tribune. Such a contract would bring the Egyptian fleet to 78 aircraft and confirm Cairo as the Rafale’s largest export customer.

The quiet confirmation from Cairo that it would not finalize the purchase of Russian Su-35 fighters took few by surprise—not because of the decision itself, as many observers had already deduced the batch was bound for another North African client—but because of the reasons cited.

On October 27th a number of Middle East outlets reported that during anti-HAMAS operations in and around Gaza IDF uncovered caches of European and US-made military hardware (АТ-4, NLAW rocket launchers) supposedly originated from Ukraine.

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.

Russian Helicopters was present in force with six aircraft at the Dubai Air Show, and its CEO told the Tass agency that it was visited by numerous delegations.

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.

Negotiations are reportedly underway between the Qatari Ministry of Defense, accompanied by Barzan Holding, and the Turkish companies Aselsan and Roketsan for the supply of Hisar air defense systems.