Egypt's Octagon in the New Capital

It's not limited to an Army HQ only, but also an Integrated Strategic Command Center through which all the vital institutions of the state will be managed under any circumstances.

The Octagon will be an iconic symbol of the New Egyptian State.

The State Strategic Command Center extends over a total area of 22,000 acres and it includes 13 zones, each one has its own specific role.

The Center's key element is the Octagon which is composed of eight outer octagon-shaped buildings, with two more main buildings at its hub.

The State Strategic Command Center includes:

1) Defense Operations Coordination Center

2) Unified Strategic Data Center which stores all the data of the state institutions.

3) Control Center of the Strategic Network, which will control the administrative body of the state.

4) State Utilities Management and Operation Center. This center will control the infrastructure of the state agencies and facilities.

5) Telecommunications Network Control Center, which ensures the stability of communications nationwide.

6) Emergencies & Safety Control Center

7) Weather Forecast Center which prepares the state and its institutions in case of any natural calamities, disasters.

8) The Strategic Storage Facilities, which will secure a large quantities of the country's needs of strategic goods & stuff.

The New State Command Center will accommodate all the Egyptian army units which will be transferred from the crowded Cairo to the New Capital.

Thousands of military/civil personnel will serve & work there, thus it was required to build a whole new integrated city inside it.

Among the army facilities that will be transferred from Cairo to the State Command Center Complex in the New Capital is the Egyptian Military Academy.

Work is currently undergoing to build a new military academy there equivalent to be double the area of ​​the old one.

It has been planned to establish an integrated 4G city within the State Strategic Center to include different types of residential compounds, recreational zones, hospitals, hotels, educational, religious, cultural institutions, and an airport.

The Egyptian State Strategic Command Center is being guarded by different means of protection & combat units including two brigades of the Egyptian Republican Guard which were transferred from their facilities in Cairo to the New Capital. (Source: President Al-Sisi)
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Who bears the construction cost?

Simply, the Egyptian Armed Forces

As the construction cost of the whole State Strategic Command is self-funded being fully covered by the revenues of selling lands of the combat units of the Egyptian Republican Guard in Cairo to investors.
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