The South African defence industry will be out in force at several big international exhibitions later this year, including the first edition of Edex in Egypt.

The long-awaited Defence Industry Fund (DIF) was launched on Thursday 5 July 2018. The fruit of the 2015 Defence Review and consultations between Armscor and South African defence industry association AMD, the fund is to be managed by Crede Capital Partners. ...

The Naval Dockyard in Simons Town is expected to make a loss of R30.6 million for the 2018/19 financial year - the only division in the Armscor stable to lose money.

The Ghana Police Service Marine Unit has taken delivery of two Ally-Gator boats sponsored by the Japanese embassy and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

EUNavFor’s Mediterranean Operation Sophia task force has a new addition – a crime information cell – enabling better co-operation and effectiveness in dealing with crimes in the area of operations.

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana has enlisted the assistance of his Cabinet colleague tasked with overseeing environmental matters in efforts to curb abalone poaching.

Three British Chinook helicopters have arrived in Mali in support of French counter-terrorism operations in the area under Operation Barkhane.

A French military helicopter crashed in Ivory Coast while on a training mission, killing the pilot and seriously wounding a second crew member, the French army said.

The Royal Canadian Air Force has started deploying Chinook and Griffon helicopters to Mali, where they will take part in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission (Minusma).

The SA Air Force (SAAF) Museum 2000- airshow was not a good one in that it lost its Spitfire but dedication and enthusiasm have prevailed and a project registered to restore the iconic World War 11 fighter.

The Silver Falcons aerobatic display team has a new member. Major Tiaan Stander has joined the team in the number two position.

Boeing raised its rolling 20-year industry forecast for passenger and cargo aircraft on Tuesday, as a steady flow of deals on day two of the Farnborough Airshow underscored the industry’s resilience to rising global trade tensions.

A Democratic Alliance (DA) march on Nyanga police station this week was yet another call for soldiers to be deployed in the fight against crime on the Cape Flats, arguably one of South Africa’s worst crime hotspots.

That the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is proud and possessive of what “its” Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) has and is achieving in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is common cause and the regional bloc makes no bones about its continued...

A report set to have far-reaching consequences on the Reserve Force call-up system is currently undergoing legal review and scrutiny ahead of being handed to SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Lindile Yam.

France’s Naval Group (DCNS) is delivering sensor masts to Egypt for installation on the Gowind corvettes being locally built by Alexandria Shipyard, with the first locally built vessel almost ready for launch.

The Royal Cape Yacht Club (RCYC) recently played host to Sea Cadets from TS Woltemade on the 2018 Youth Day weekend and included them in the Youth Regatta.

The Tunisian Navy has commissioned two new vessels into service: its second Multi Service Offshore Patrol Vessel from Damen and a third locally manufactured patrol boat.

Senegal sentenced 13 people to prison for attempting to establish a home-grown jihadist cell modelled on Boko Haram.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) says stabilisation operations around the country to deal with serious and violent crimes, particularly cash-in-transit robberies, are yielding results.

The Egyptian parliament passed a law giving the state powers to block social media accounts and penalise journalists publishing fake news.

Eight suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram confessed to involvement in the 2014 abduction of some 270 girls from Chibok, the Nigeria Police Force said.

Nearly 300 Malian civilians were killed in fighting between rival militias this year, the UN human rights office said, as inter-communal violence across the country threatens a presidential election due later this month.

Former Egyptian military chief of staff General Sami Anan, detained in January after announcing plans to stand in a presidential election, is in critical condition in hospital, sources close to his family said .

Following is a summary of commercial aircraft deals announced by Airbus and Boeing at the Farnborough Airshow in southern England.

Marvin Worthy, confined to a New Jersey state prison since 2004, cannot watch his son play basketball or visit him in college. But for the past three years, a tablet computer has kept their relationship alive.

Britain unveiled a model of a sleek proposed fighter jet named Tempest on Monday, raising questions about the future of European defense cooperation, given that Germany and France launched their own fighter jet program a year ago.

Airbus signed an agreement to sell two commercial passenger planes to Uganda as part of the country’s plan to revive a national airline which has been defunct for years.

Embraer and Mauritania Airlines announced on 17 July at the Farnborough Air Show that they had agreed on a firm order for two E175 jets.

The worldwide market for commercial aircraft services is valued at $4.6 trillion from 2018 to 2037, according to a new study.

The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan reached a record in the first half of the year, despite last month’s ceasefire, with a surge in suicide attacks claimed by Islamic State, the United Nations said on Sunday.

Two protesters were killed on Sunday in clashes with Iraqi security forces in the town of Samawa, a police official said, amid growing anger in southern cities over poor public services and widespread corruption.

A suicide bomber killed 128 people at an election rally in southwestern Pakistan in the second election-related attack on Friday, officials said, amid growing tensions over ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s return ahead of the July 25 vote.