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Homicho Ammunition Engineering Complex
Homicho Ammunition Engineering Complex is the part of Metals and Engineering Corporation and is also one of the military production facilities of the Ethiopian Defense Industry Sector. It specializes in producing wide range of ammunition for use by the Ethiopian National Defense Force. History The Complex was established around 1987 under the name Tatek Engineering Factory with the goal of producing ammunition for medium and heavy weapons. It initially produced mortar shells but was later greatly expanded to produce a wide range of ammunition. In addition, the light weapons ammunition production line was transferred from Hibret Machine Tools Engineering Complex Hibret Manufacturing and Machine Building Industry (Amharic: ሕብረት ማምረቻ እና የማሽን ግንባታ ኢንዱስትሪ; ''Hibret mamireti ina yemashini ginibata'') is a military-civil engineering complex of the Ethiopian Defense ... in a restructuring to house all ammunition production under one organizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metals And Engineering Corporation
METEC (acronym for Metals and Engineering Corporation) is an Ethiopian arms industry, arms and machinery industry founded in 2010. Being the state largest military industrial complex, it is responsible for the production of military equipment and civilian products. METEC works with foreign companies such as Alstom from France, and Spire Corporation from America. Controversy Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam METEC was once responsible for constructing the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the River Nile, expected to be Africa’s biggest hydroelectric project, but was ousted from the contract in August 2018. Kinfe Dagnew, a Brigadier General in Ethiopia’s army and former chief executive of METEC plays a significant role in the organization. The company was assigned development of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and sugar factory, as well as the Jinka Sugar Bag factory. On 12 November 2018, all assigned project canceled due to fail to complete, and government ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defense Industry Sector (Ethiopia)
{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2021 The Defense Industry Sector is an office under the Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia), Ministry of Defense responsible for administering several defense industries in Ethiopia. Its objective is to provide for and support the Ethiopian National Defense Force. History The manufacturing of weaponry in Ethiopia was started in the 18th century during the era of Emperor of Ethiopia, Emperor Tewodros II. Historical records show Emperor Tewodros built a huge mortar called ''Sebastopol (mortar), Sebastopol'' in 1868, in Begemder (or Gondar) Provinces of Ethiopia, province at a village named Gafat, and took it to the mountain of Amba Mariam, Maqdala. Later, under the reign of Emperor Menelik II, an ammunition factory was established in 1911, which started producing cartridges for Wejigra and Wechefor rifles."FDRE Defense Industry, May 2008 page 8 The basis for modern defense industry was laid with the establishment of the then Emperor Haile Selassie ammunitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian National Defense Force
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) ( am, የኢፌዲሪ መከላከያ ሠራዊት, Ye’īfēdērī mekelakeya šerawīt, lit=FDRE Defense Force) is the military force of Ethiopia. Civilian control of the military is carried out through the Ministry of Defense, which oversees the Ground Forces, Air Force, Naval Force as well as the Defense Industry Sector. History The Ethiopian army's origins and military traditions date back to the earliest history of Ethiopia. Due to Ethiopia's location between the Middle East and Africa, it has long been in the middle of Eastern and Western politics and has been subject to foreign invasion and aggression. In 1579, the Ottoman Empire's attempt to expand from a coastal base at Massawa during the Ottoman conquest of Habesh was defeated. The Army of the Ethiopian Empire was also able to defeat the Egyptians in 1876 at Gura, led by Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV. Clapham wrote in the 1980s that the "Abyssinians ad sufferedfrom a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibret Machine Tools Engineering Complex
Hibret Manufacturing and Machine Building Industry (Amharic: ሕብረት ማምረቻ እና የማሽን ግንባታ ኢንዱስትሪ; ''Hibret mamireti ina yemashini ginibata'') is a military-civil engineering complex of the Ethiopian Defense Industry. It specializes in production of Machines and spare parts for the Ethiopian National Defense Force. History Hibret Machine tools was established on May 5, 1953 to produce bullets for light weapons under the name ''Emperor Haile Sellassie I'' (Amharic: ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ) ''Ammunition Factory''. In 1984, the Derg regime invested heavily to expand the ammunition production line and create a tools and spare parts production unit. Structure Hibret Machine tools were restructured which resulted in its ammunition unit transferred to Homicho Ammunition Engineering Complex Homicho Ammunition Engineering Complex is the part of Metals and Engineering Corporation and is also one of the military production facilities of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defense Engineering College
The Ministry of Defense () is a cabinet-level office in charge of defense-related matters of Ethiopia. It oversees the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Ethiopian Defense Industry. The current minister is Abraham Belay. History This institution can trace its origins back to the Ministry of War, which Emperor Menelik II established in 1907, and made ''Fitawrari'' Habte Giyorgis Minister over it. Emperor Haile Selassie re-established the Ministry of War in 1942, making ''Ras'' Abebe Aregai its Minister. The Ministry is headed by a civilian minister which is a requirement of Article 87 of the current constitution of Ethiopia. It was established 23 August 1995 with the passing of Proclamation 4/1995, which also established the other 14 Ministries. On 9 January 2022, a new building of the Ministry of Defense was inaugurated. The five floor building of more than 700 offices and facilities serves now as the headquarters of the ministry, and is located on 13 hectares of land in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
