🇷🇺🇪🇬 Rosoboronexport comes to Egypt arms show ready to showcase Russian weapons, make deals

The Rostec subsidiary’s exhibit at EDEX-2025 in Cairo features the hottest, most advanced and battle-proven Russian defense products for the African market.

Russia is offering Egypt “not just weapons, but comprehensive solutions for national security, including for the development of the country’s defense industry through technology cooperation projects,” Rosoboronexport director Alexander Mikheev said in a press release.

Systems on display include

▫️ Sukhoi Su-57E

▫️ Ka-52 attack helicopter

▫️ Il-78MK-90A tanker/multipurpose heavy-lift aircraft

▫️ S-350E Vityaz & Verba MANPADS air defenses

▫️ T-90MS tank, BMP-3 IFV, Kornet-EM ATGM

▫️ Lancet-E drone

▫️ Rubezh-ME coastal defense system

Photos provided by Rosoboronexport

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⚔️ 💰 War, Inc: detailed breakdown on how Western defense contractors cash in on global wars

🇺🇸 The US accounted for 39 of the top 100 most profitable defense companies in 2024, including six of the global top 10, new data by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has revealed.

👉 America’s European and Asian allies make up much of the rest, with the UK (7 companies), Germany (4), France (4), Turkiye (5), Japan (5), South Korea (4), Israel (3) and others pushing the Western bloc’s total share to over 3/4 of the total.

🔹 Top five revenue-makers include Lockheed Martin ($64.6B), RTX ($43.6B), Northrop Grumman ($37.8B), BAE Systems ($33.7B), and General Dynamics ($33.6B).

🔹 Total revenues in 2024 hit a record $679B, SIPRI says.

🔹 The US’s allies are also leading a global militarization drive, with defense concerns in Japan, Germany and South Korea seeing a 40%, 36% and 31% jump in revenue from 2023-2024 alone.

🔹 The US and top allies’ share of total revenues now top 76.5% of the world total. China and Russia’s are 13% and 4.6%, respectively, with Chinese arms makers’ revenues actually dropping 10% over the year.

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