The name “Noot” was chosen for the plane, which is one of the most important exhibits in the Egyptian pavilion, which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inspected during his inauguration of the exhibition, which takes place from November 29 to December 2.
Ahmed Esmat, one of the engineers involved in the manufacture of the Egyptian plane, said, “70 Egyptian technicians worked on the completion of the plane in this impressive way, all of whom received intensive training in cooperation between the Aircraft Factory and the Military Technical College.”
The secret of choosing a name
Regarding the choice of the name “Nawt”, Esmat confirmed in his interview with “Sky News Arabia”, “It is a symbol of the gods of heaven among the ancient Egyptians, those gods that were represented in the temples of Edfu in Aswan and Dendera in Qena Governorate and a number of other temples, and there is also a religious legend. It used to indicate that Nut is sometimes called the mother of Horus.
aircraft specifications
The plane is able to carry out a variety of tasks; Among them are tactical reconnaissance, target identification, artillery fire correction, target identification and tracking.
The Egyptian plane has an electromagnetic camera, and its maximum speed is 180 kilometers per hour, and its horizontal speed is between 120 and 140 kilometers per hour.
The average stay in the air for the Egyptian drone is approximately 10 hours, at a climb rate of 5 meters per second, with a payload of 50 kilograms, and a fuel weight of between 50 to 100 kilograms.
Entirely Egyptian industry
Esmat, one of the engineers involved in manufacturing the Egyptian drone, explained, “The plane is entirely made in Egypt without any foreign partner. Everything was done in Egyptian hands. Over the past decades, the aircraft factory of the Arab Organization for Industrialization had successful models in the aircraft industry, but with a foreign partnership.”
He added in his interview with “Sky News Arabia”, “We have prepared scientific content for a course that lasted nearly 3 weeks, which was approved in the military technique, and whoever passes it is selected to join the project.”
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Engineer Mohamed Ahmed Morsi, Minister of Military Production in Egypt, stressed during the opening of the exhibition that it represented an implementation of President Sisi’s directives to display the state’s products in military industrialization, and that the organization of exhibitions represented a picture of the state’s stability and its strong relations with the participating countries.
Morsi added that more than 340 companies representing 32 countries around the world presented the exhibition, despite the harsh conditions that everyone suffers from and the spread of the Corona virus.
plane update
One of the engineers involved in the manufacture of the aircraft displayed in the Egyptian pavilion at EDEX 2021 noted, “10 Egyptian engineers worked in the manufacture of the aircraft along with the seventy technicians, and all of them are supervised by 4 Egyptian officer engineers.”
And Esmat added in his interview with “Sky News Arabia”, “We are working to issue an update for Nuot during the coming period so that it can participate again in the upcoming EDEX exhibition.”
The exhibition is held in conjunction with the first international Egyptian Air Force Forum, with the participation of a large number of international companies, with the aim of displaying the latest defense systems worldwide.
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