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.

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.

South Africa’s sole foray into countering piracy – Operation Copper – is part of the National Development Plan (NDP) which recommended the country extend anti-piracy operations beyond Mozambican and Tanzanian waters to include Kenya.

Respected South African think-tank, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), maintains South Africa’s ambitious blue economy initiative has “so far achieved only modest results”.

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 Rooivalk combat support helicopter looks set to remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but instead of being attached to the United Nations’ MONUSCO mission, it will apparently be operated only in support of South African troops.

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.

The Nigerian government has approved a part-payment of $47 million towards the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF’s) procurement of three JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC).

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.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) today held a medal parade in Pretoria where it is handed out long service and Mandela medals.

The Department of Defence and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) have until Monday to come up with “a constructive plan” as regards accommodation for people apparently illegally evicted from the Marievale military base in eastern Gauteng.

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.

The South African National Department of Transport has -- for the first time in the history of the South African maritime transport sector -- established an Incident Management Organisation (IMOrg).

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

The Northern Cape MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison, Lebogang Motlhaping, has strongly condemned the violent protests and looting that erupted in Kimberley last week as residents marched over electricity tariffs.

Egyptian courts sentenced 31 people to death in two separate cases, one involving the killing of a policeman and a security guard in 2015 and the other related to a 2016 prison escape, state news agency MENA and witnesses 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 .

Gunmen shot dead 14 civilians in an attack on a village in north-eastern Mali, a local official said, amid a spate of killings by rival ethnic groups and jihadist militants threatening to derail a presidential election later this month.

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.

U.S. arms makers attending the Farnborough Airshow in Britain on Monday lauded the U.S. government’s push to sell more weapons overseas and said they expected European defense spending to increase in the coming years.

Turkey and Pakistan have signed an agreement on the sale of 30 Turkish T129 attack helicopters in what will be the biggest export deal of the Turkish defence industry, the country’s defence industry directorate said on Friday.

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.

Embraer forecasts demand for 10 550 new aircraft with up to 150 seats worldwide, worth $600 billion, over the next 20 years.

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.