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Shoddy and incomplete accounting at Denel left the country’s Auditor General unable to make a judgement on the soundness of its most recent financial statements, according to the firm’s annual report.

The 2018 calendar year saw Armscor place new contracts for defence and defence-related equipment to the value of R1.8 billion.

The Royal Navy vessel HMS Dragon has recorded a second major drugs bust in under a fortnight – this time seizing 1.6 million Pounds worth of narcotics on the infamous ‘smack track’.

The Indian Navy’s patrol vessel INS Sunayna has seized arms and ammunition from an illegal fishing vessel off the Coast of Somalia.

On Tuesday 4th December in Djibouti, EU NAVFOR’s Force Commander, Rear Admiral Alfonso Pérez de Nanclares handed back command of Operation Atalanta Forces to the Operational Headquarters. The Change of Command Ceremony took place during a reception held on board...

In addition to twelve new Super Tucanos from the United States, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will be taking delivery of six AW109 helicopters from Italy's Leonardo.

The fatal crash of a German armed forces helicopter in Mali last year was caused by the failure of mechanics from manufacturer Airbus to correctly set rotor controls after repairs, a defence official told Reuters.

At least seven local government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Sudan’s eastern al-Qadarif state on Sunday, state news agency SUNA reported.

Monitornet looks set to be the first security company in South Africa to use powered paragliders (or paramotors) for surveillance and security.

Boeing has announced the selection of two South African students for its International Business Intern Programme (IBIP) at the company’s head office in Seattle.

Boeing has delivered the first 787-9 Dreamliner to Royal Air Maroc – Morocco’s national carrier and the country's largest airline. It will help expand services to Europe, United States and Latin America.

The security of defence and defence related facilities seems “an outstanding opportunity” for the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) top military analyst Helmoed Heitman believes.

In its original guise the intent of Project Koba-Tlala was to provide fresh produce to military messes and work for Reserves not on active duty.

The SA Army Young Lions Skills Development Programme is an annual project initiated in 2009 by the Chief of the SA Army with the intention to promote amongst selected youth from various schools discipline, adventure, skills development and training, which will...

Two South African Navy (SAN) vessels sustained minor damage when they were involved in a minor collision last week.

Damen has said its first Fishing Seminar, held in Cape Town, was a great success, with more than 60 participants attending from a broad cross-section of the industry, including the five major South African fishing companies.

Ingenuity, tenacity and the sweat equity in the form of hard work were major contributing factors in bringing the Tug de Mist to the surface this week just on four weeks after she sank in the Still Water Basin of Simon’s town harbour.

At least 12 Nigerian soldiers were killed and dozens of others are missing after fighting with Islamists in the northeastern state of Borno, three military sources said on Sunday, one of the largest known losses of life by the army in the last month.

Heavy fighting between ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia has killed at least 21 people and wounded 61, its state news agency said on Saturday, amid escalating violence that has sent hundreds fleeing across the border to neighbouring Kenya.

At least 11 people were killed in Somalia’s city of Baidoa in clashes between security forces and supporters of a former al Shabaab leader who is seeking election as a regional president, a military officer and an elder said on Friday.

The U.S. military said on Monday it had killed 62 militants in six air strikes on Saturday and Sunday in the vicinity of Gandarsh in Somalia’s south-central Banaadir province.

A former Islamist militant in Somalia running for a regional presidency, putting him at odds with the central government, was arrested and beaten, precipitating street clashes, his spokesman said.

A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a report.

A Brazilian federal court has overturned a provisional injunction that blocked a proposed tie-up between planemakers Embraer and Boeing (BA.N), Embraer said on Monday in a securities filing.

Sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companie totalled $398.2 billion in 2017, according to new international arms industry data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)....

A majority of U.N. states adopted on Monday a non-binding global pact to better handle migrant flows, Morocco’s foreign minister said, though fewer governments joined than had previously worked on the proposal.

Ethiopia has overtaken Dubai as a conduit for long-haul passengers to Africa, highlighting the success of the state airline’s expansion drive and the reforms of its new prime minister.

The South African Airways (SAA) has in the 2017/18 financial year incurred more losses than budgeted due to its inability to execute its strategy, says Chief Executive Vuyani Jarana.

Moroccan national flag-carrier, Royal Air Maroc, is adding an additional ATR 72-600 to its fleet. This will bring its total ATR 72-600 fleet to six aircraft.

Yemen’s warring parties agreed on Thursday to cease fighting for the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah and withdraw their troops, the first significant breakthrough for U.N.-led peace efforts in five years of conflict.

Yemen’s warring parties agreed to reopen Sanaa airport in the Houthi-held capital and resume oil and gas exports, sources said, as Western nations pressed them to accept confidence-building steps before the end of UN-led peace talks in Sweden.

The Pentagon said on Wednesday that any unilateral action into northeast Syria was of grave concern and “unacceptable,” after Turkey announced that it would launch a new military operation in the region within days to target Kurdish militia fighters.