Amid all the hustle and bustle at Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2018 is a little stand for Jotov & Son Ltd, a Bulgarian arms dealer.

Paramount Group has announced the creation of Paramount South Africa to partner with local industry.

Effective collaboration between companies across South Africa’s defence industry and lucrative export markets from Central Asia to Saudi Arabia offer a way out of a crisis in the sector - once a pillar of Africa’s most advanced economy - a top industry figure...

Paramount Maritime has delivered ten of its Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBS) to the Nigerian Navy. The vessels were commissioned into service on 3 September by Minister of Defence, Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali.

Exercise ATLASUR XI 2018, the multinational biennial maritime exercise between South Africa, Brazil and Uruguay, has entered its first sea phase.

The guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham seized an illicit weapons shipment containing 2 521 AK-47 rifles on 28 August in the Gulf of Aden.

Newcomer Swiss helicopter manufacturer Kopter Group appointed Safomar Aviation as their South African distributor.

Several Africa-based helicopter operators have selected Honeywell International’s Avionics Protection Plan, including Heliconia of Morocco, Caverton of Nigeria and Titan Helicopters of South Africa.

Airbus is taking the lead in promoting helicopter operational safety in Southern and Eastern Africa, a region home to operators of more than 300 light and medium Airbus helicopters.

Paramount Group has unveiled its new Smart Weapons Integration on Fast-Jet Trainers (SWIFT) mission system, which it is marketing on the Leonardo M-345 jet trainer that is being marketed in Africa.

South African defence company Paramount has launched its avionics suite upgrade service for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, one of the world’s most widely used military transporters. The company said it is waiting to sign with its first prospect, an African customer...

The South African Air Force held its 2018 Air Capability Demonstration at the Roodewal bombing range on 18 September 2018. Click here to view the gallery.

Two of the top people in South Africa’s defence and security establishment this week assured the country development of its national cyber defence strategy and operations was underway.

The importance of psychology as a constructive contributor to the lives of soldiers was emphasised by Professor Gideon van Dyk of Stellenbosch University.

Marievale military base and its apparently unlawful occupants want jail time for a number of senior officers, including SA Army Chief Lieutenant General Lindile Yam, because the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has not complied with a court order.

Milkor will be officially launching its new 12 metre fast patrol boat, the MN Centurion, at the upcoming Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition, and is already close to receiving orders for the type.

French Shipyard Ocea in August began construction of an OSV 190 hydrographic survey vessel for the Nigerian Navy, which will be delivered at the end of 2019.

Alexandria Shipyard has launched the first locally built Gowind corvette, ENS Port Said, which is the first modern warship to be built in Egypt.

South African society is becoming more, not less, violent. This was confirmed by the 2017/18 crime statistics released by the South African Police Service (SAPS) this week.

North West Premier, Professor Job Mokgoro, has called for calm while also condemning acts of violence that broke out in Klerksdorp recently.

Libya plans to reopen its only functioning airport Tripoli, closed because of fighting among rival groups, within two days an official said.

The queue snakes out of the departures hall and deep into the carpark at Libya’s small Misrata airport - the main remaining gateway in and out of the country since fighting shut down the last runways in the capital Tripoli.

Cape Town: Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) today hosted a memorial service for those who died in the incident at its Somerset West facility on 3 September.

Uganda’s security forces sealed off roads and erected barricades around the country’s main international airport ahead of the expected return of a popular lawmaker and critic of President Yoweri Museveni, witnesses said.

Russia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday close to the China border, mobilising 300,000 troops in a show of force that will include joint exercises with the Chinese army.

The death toll from a suicide bomb attack at a protest gathering in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar has risen to 68, with 165 wounded, a government official said.

The Trump administration threatened tough action against the International Criminal Court should it try to prosecute Americans for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and said the PLO office in Washington would be closed for seeking to punish Israel through the court....

Newcomer Swiss helicopter manufacturer Kopter Group have appointed Safomar Aviation as their South African distributor.

Nairobi, Kenya-based DAC Aviation International has received its first Airbus C295 for humanitarian missions in North-East and Central Africa.

Nigeria suspended its plan to relaunch its national airline, a junior aviation minister said.

Rare military exercises with US marines in southern Syria sent a strong message to Russia and Iran that Americans and rebels intend to stay and confront any threats to their presence a Syrian rebel commander said.

Turkey stepped up arms supplies to Syrian rebels to help stave off an expected offensive by the Syrian army and its Russian and Iran-backed allies near the Turkish frontier, rebel sources told Reuters.

Basra airport was attacked with rockets after another night of protests against Iraq’s political elite, during which demonstrators set fire to the Iranian consulate and briefly took oilfield workers hostage.