Defense Update France offers Patroller Drones to Egypt Following the sale of Rafale fighter jets, FREMM frigate and possibly, the Mistral helicopter carrier originally built for the Russian Navy, France is offering Egypt its latest UAV – the Patroller. The drone's developer, French defense company Sagem (of the Safran group) has signed a partnership agreement with AOI-Aircraft Factory of Egypt, as part of an exclusive commercial and industrial collaboration agreement concerning the Patroller surveillance drone system, to address the requirements of the Egyptian Ministry of Defense. According to the terms of this agreement announced today, AOI-Aircraft Factory will handle final assembly of Patroller drones in its Egyptian plants. The agreement also covers system support and commissioning. AOI-Aircraft Factory will also develop and establish training center in Egypt, to train operations and maintenance teams assigned to units equipped with Sagem's drone systems. Read more: http://defense-update.com/20150924_patroller_for_egypt.html#.VgTRkd-qqko All Africa Sisi Heads for New York to Partake in UN General Assembly Meetings President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi left Cairo on Thursday 24/9/2015 heading for New York to take part in the meetings of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly (GA). Sisi will deliver Egypt's speech, in which he will review the political and economic developments in Egypt and Cairo's viewpoints on Middle East issues. The speech will include Egypt's vision on terrorism combat, as well as a number of new ideas and initiatives aiming to stabilize world peace and security. Read more: http://allafrica.com/stories/201509241434.html
