ABU DHABI - ORYXLABS, an EDGE entity, launched ECHO, a fully automated breach detection and intelligence platform, at GITEX GLOBAL 2025 in Dubai. ECHO monitors network and DNS activity from outside an organization’s infrastructure to provide independent visibility into security incidents.

The platform uses machine learning and customizable parameters to detect, contain, and remediate intrusions, and to disrupt malicious command-and-control infrastructure early. It also identifies real-time exfiltration of credentials, PII, and other sensitive data, including attempts involving supply chains and trusted partners.

CEO Rogério Lemos said ECHO aims to equip cybersecurity teams with automation and actionable insights. ORYXLABS develops products for attack surface management, risk assessment, and DNS monitoring, including DNS FIREWALL and DISCOVERY. ORYXLABS is exhibiting within EDGE’s Space & Cyber Technologies cluster at GITEX, Hall 24, Stand B40, from Oct. 13 to 17.

Source: ZAWYA
Associated URL: https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/edge-unveils-echo-a-fully-automated-breach-detection-platform-ccm2snnz

BERLIN - Germany's Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil signaled Sunday that Berlin may lift restrictions on arms deliveries to Israel imposed in August over Israel's planned expansion of operations in Gaza. Speaking to broadcaster ARD, Klingbeil said, "We will reassess the situation," indicating a policy shift as a Gaza ceasefire held for a third day ahead of a peace summit in Egypt on Monday.

Germany is Israel's second largest weapons supplier after the United States and a staunch backer under its postwar Staatsraison policy rooted in responsibility for the Holocaust. In August, however, Berlin halted exports of weaponry that could be used in the Gaza Strip, the first time united Germany publicly acknowledged denying military support to its longtime ally.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz travelled to Egypt to attend the signing ceremony for the Gaza peace plan, underscoring the government's recalibration as diplomacy advances.

Source: Reuters
Associated URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/german-deputy-leader-signals-lifting-curbs-arms-exports-israel-2025-10-12/

CAIRO - Egypt received a second batch of Rafale F3R fighter jets in early October 2025, resuming transfers after an eight year pause. The three aircraft, two single seat EM variants and one two seat DM, arrived at Gebel El Basur Air Base after French flight tests, advancing a 2021 deal as Cairo upgrades its air force for North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Egypt first bought 24 Rafales in 2015 for $5.9 billion with a FREMM frigate and munitions, reaching 14 operational jets by late 2017. A 2021 contract added 30 F3R jets for €3.75 billion, mostly financed by a French backed 10 year loan and bundled with MBDA missiles and Safran systems, partly replacing a canceled Su 35 purchase. One test loss led Dassault to build a replacement, capping operational strength at 54.

F3R upgrades include an AESA radar, Spectra electronic warfare suite, Meteor missiles, AASM bombs, and TALIOS targeting. Deliveries began in late 2024 and continue through 2026, when Egypt is set to field 54 Rafales, the largest non French fleet.

Source: Military Africa
Associated URL: https://www.military.africa/2025/10/egypt-advances-rafale-fleet-with-new-f3r-deliveries/