The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Hussein Tantawi, is to give his testimony behind closed doors Sunday before a court trying former president Hosny Mubarak.
Tantawi served as defence minister when Mubarak was in power.
Mubarak, 83, is being tried on charges of ordering the killing of around 850 people during a popular revolt earlier this year.
Also standing in the same trial are former interior minister Habib al-Adli and six senior security aides.
The army is to secure the hearing in the Police Academy outside Cairo, Egyptian state television reported.
The court has ordered a media gag on carrying any leaked information from the closed hearing.
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