Egypt to manufacture unmanned aircraft

Egypt to manufacture unmanned aircraft Sayed Mesh'al , State Minister for Military Production affirmed that the Egyptian-made satellite comes into existence within three years. He noted that this satellite is not confined to the craft that goes round in the space, but there will be terrestrial receiving stations for the orientation and transmission.

Mesh'al further said Egypt has already begun a project of producing unmanmed crafts and enlarging its range to long distances to reach more than 150 Km and extending its aviation duration . These crafts would be oriented from land through monitoring and controlling stations.

Although Egypt has all potentials and technology required for producing an armoured vehicle, it has not succeeded yet in making one, the minister added noting that in cooperation with the US, Egypt has made improvements for one armoured vehicle. "we hope, through a bidding tender with the US army, to export it to the US army", Mesh'al expounded.

Commenting on some disadvantages of producing (Tank M1) in Egypt, since it costs too much compared to the cost of importing from the US, Mesh'al clarified that production line will not stop to avert bearing the cost of imports in addition to promote local military production through benefiting from using hi-tech.

"Although Israel has preceded in transmitting the state-of-the-art technology, but the US has equivalent interests in the Middle East and unlikely to terminate 25 year contracts with Egypt, one of the leading countries with its outstanding role in keeping the stability in the region", the Minister elaborated.

Regarding military cooperation with sisterly African and Arab countries, Mesh'al said " We are ready to meet their need".

However, the sophisticated and hi-tech product imposes itself and this is why India, China, and Turkey have manufactured weapons, Mesh'al expounded.

Commenting on Israeli-US cooperation in the field of Military affairs and that the US has been supplying Israel with a lot of modern technology compared to limited ones given to Egypt and Arab states, Mesh'al said "We can get the state of art technology from the US and European countries."