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INDUSTRY

Industry

Is Denel too strategic to fail?

ADIT - The Bulletin -
Denel, once a promising conglomerate perceived as a potential major in the aerospace and defence (A&D) sector, is currently facing deep troubles. Although the group...
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AAD 2020 officially launched

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Morocco requests huge weapons and ammunition sale from the US

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Armoured combat vehicles lead defence exports

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AEROSPACE

Aerospace

Nigerian Air Force ATR 42 undergoing maintenance in Germany

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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has sent one of its ATR 42-500MP surveillance aircraft to Germany for maintenance as it works actively to keep...
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Zambian C-27Js delivered

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Parliament hears of parlous state of the Air Force

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Algeria orders more Su-30, MiG-29 fighters from Russia

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SA DEFENCE

SA Defence

Navy names Fleet HQ Building after retired Naval Chief

Dean Wingrin -
The South African Navy (SAN) has named its newly refurbished Flag Officer Commanding Headquarters building in the East Dockyard of Naval Base Simon’s Town...
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Six of SA’s oldest Reserve Force units have new names

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No SAAF air capability demo this year

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Soldiers’ crime-fighting deployment extension will cost R64 million

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GOVERNANCE

Governance

ISS: Done properly, national dialogue could stabilise Cameroon

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Cameroon’s recently announced national dialogue to solve the crisis that has engulfed its English-speaking North-West and South-West Regions, among other issues, has largely been...
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SA Cabinet to address xenophobia

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Ousted Tunisian president dies in exile

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Protesters reject Algerian election announcement

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COMPANY NEWS

COLUMNS

Check before you speak, Minister!

Editor Column defenceWeb -
South African Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula needs to verify her facts before she speaks, or risk further embarrassment to the South...

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LAND

Land

Tyron runflats demonstrated on DCD’s Springbuck APC

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Tyron’s all-terrain rubber runflats have been demonstrated on DCD Protected Mobility’s Springbuck armoured personnel carrier (APC) during a recent test. During the demonstrations, which focused...
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Paramount certifies Mbombe 4 after blast trials

Land Guy Martin -
Paramount Group has received final certification for its Mbombe 4x4 armoured vehicle after undergoing blast testing that proved the integrity of its flat-floor mine-resistant...

Milestone for Denel’s Malaysia contract

Land Reuters -
Denel is delivering the hundredth modular armoured vehicle turret to the Malaysian armed forces in terms of a multi-billion rand export contract. “This is...

SVI launches armoured vehicle rental division

Land Guy Martin -
The SVI Group has launched SVI Secure, a new subsidiary company that offers the rental of modified commercial vehicles like sedans and SUVs, as...

SEA

Sea

SA Navy celebrates democracy with fleet review

Dean Wingrin -
2019 marks 25 years since South Africans went to the polls in the country’s first democratic elections and the South African Navy (SA Navy)...
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SA Navy in danger of losing frigate and submarine capabilities due to declining budget

Sea Guy Martin -
The South African Navy over the coming years risks losing its frigate and submarine capabilities if the current state of funding continues. This is according...

World Maritime Day in SA

Sea Reuters -
South Africa will host the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) World Maritime Day Parallel Event in Durban next year. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula received the official...

INS Tarkash visiting Namibia

Sea Guy Martin -
The Indian Navy’s frigate INS Tarkash is currently visiting Walvis Bay, Namibia, as part of its overseas deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia. INS Tarkash...

MARITIME SECURITY

Maritime Security

Defence budget sinks Navy

Dean Wingrin -
Chief of the South African Navy (SAN), Vice Admiral Mosiwa Hlongwane, has told Parliament that if the Navy does not get a budget that...
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Some Stena Impero crew released

Maritime Security Reuters -
Iran released seven of 23 crew of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero seized earlier in July, Sweden’s foreign minister said. The Swedish-owned Stena Impero was...

Malawi commissions naval vessels

Maritime Security Guy Martin -
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on 21 August presided over the commissioning of patrol vessels that he said would help boost the operations of the...

SADC successfully drafts Integrated Maritime Security Strategy

Maritime Security Justin Cronje -
  The SA Navy recently hosted the South African Development Community (SADC) Joint Technical Working Group on the Review of its Maritime Security Strategy (MSS).   The...

CIVIL SECURITY

Civil Security

Somalia’s al Shabaab raid military base, loot weapons

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Fighters belonging to Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed an army base near the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, looted it for weapons and...
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Small but rare protests in Egypt after online call for dissent

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Hundreds protested in central Cairo and several other Egyptian cities late on Friday against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, responding to an online call for...

Algerians defiant in first protest since election call

Civil Security Justin Cronje -
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in the centre of Algiers on Friday in the first significant test of the months-old protest movement since...

Moves to limit Algiers protests

Civil Security Reuters -
Algeria’s army chief ordered buses and cars bringing protesters to the capital stopped and seized, the latest measure aimed at quelling weekly demonstrations demanding...

BORDER SECURITY

Border Security

South Africa’s rhino poaching numbers decrease

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South African Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy has said efforts to save the rhino are paying off as poaching numbers decrease, with...
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Libyan coastguard picks up migrants

Border Security Reuters -
Libya’s Coast Guard picked up 493 migrants on six inflatable boats in six operations in a week northeast and northwest of Tripoli. The migrants,...

Nigeria is staging ground for pangolin trade

Border Security Reuters -
In a rubble-strewn storage lot in Nigerian port city of Lagos, customs agents crack open a shipping container crammed with pangolin scales, a shy...

Malta to take 90 migrants

Border Security Reuters -
Malta will accept 90 migrants rescued by an Italian coastguard vessel in its search and rescue zone, defusing a stand-off with the new Italian...

HUMAN SECURITY

Human Security

US airstrike in Libya kills eight

Africom -
The US military’s Africa Command (Africom) killed eight members of ISIS in Libya in an airstrike last week. Africom said the airstrike took place in...
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Operation O Kae Molao nets 600 suspects

Human Security Reuters -
An ongoing, multi-disciplinary operation in Gauteng resulted in 600 suspects, wanted for serious crimes, being arrested. Gauteng Premier David Makhura, Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith...

Trafficking sentence welcomed

Human Security Reuters -
The SA government welcomed the six life sentences and an additional 129 years imprisonment for human trafficking and related charges handed down to convicted...

Algerian political boss detained

Human Security Reuters -
Algeria detained the leader of its former ruling party, as authorities strove to quell months of mass protests ahead of a December election. The...

MIDDLE EAST

Middle East

Houthi attack foiled

Reuters -
The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden boat launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi group, an incident that could further increase regional...
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Yemen Houthis threaten UAE targets

Middle East Reuters -
Yemen’s Houthi group said it identified dozens of sites in the United Arab Emirates as possible targets, an attempt to stress its military clout...

Germany extends Saudi arms embargo

Middle East Reuters -
Germany has extended its embargo on exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia by six months, a spokesman for the German government said. “Until 31 March...

Saudi to provide proof Iran behind oil attack

Middle East Reuters -
Saudi Arabia said it would produce evidence linking regional rival Tehran to an attack on its oil industry Washington believes originated from Iran in...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

International News

Taliban talks dead – Trump

Reuters -
US President Donald Trump proclaimed talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders dead, while the general in charge said the US military is likely to ramp...
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Kabul blast – Taliban claim responsibility

International News Reuters -
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion that rocked Afghan capital Kabul killing at least five, wounding dozens and shaking windows and...

US will maintain Afghanistan presence

International News Reuters -
President Donald Trump said US troop levels in Afghanistan were being reduced to 8 600 but American forces would remain in the country even...

Antonov’s An-178 lands first export order in Peru

International News Justin Cronje -
Ukraine’s state-owned defence conglomerate Ukroboronprom has won a tender to supply the An-178 aircraft to Peru.   The contract to replace the Peruvian police’s single Antonov...

SCIENCE & DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY

Science & Defence Technology

Multiple projects lined up for world’s largest 3D printer at the CSIR

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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR’s) 3D metal printer – the largest of its kind in the world - is being used...
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ISS: Is Africa ready for weapons that call their own shots?

Science & Defence Technology Guy Martin -
Robotic weapons that once activated can select and attack targets without any further human intervention are being developed by the United States, China, Russia,...

US Air Force starts using first certified 3D printed aircraft parts

Science & Defence Technology Guy Martin -
The United States Air Force’s 60th Maintenance Squadron has become the first field unit in the Air Force to be certified with an industrial-sized...

Fourth industrial revolution under the spotlight at Armscor Engineering Day

Science & Defence Technology Guy Martin -
The fourth industrial revolution and its impact on the aerospace and defence industries came under the spotlight at Armscor’s recent Engineering Day. The 2019 edition...

MILITARY HELICOPTERS

Military Helicopters

Kenyan MD530Fs to be delivered by year-end

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The Kenyan military will receive six MD530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters by the end of this year, with training and support contracts having just been...
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Asia set to be largest market for light military rotorcraft

Military Helicopters Guy Martin -
A total of 1 854 light military rotorcraft will be produced during the 15-year timeframe between 2019 and 2033, according to a new forecast,...

Nigerian Air Force reactivates another EC-135 helicopter

Military Helicopters Guy Martin -
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has inducted another EC-135 helicopter, NAF 549, into service after it was reactivated in-country by NAF personnel in collaboration...

Investigation to follow SAPS helicopter crash landing

Military Helicopters Justin Cronje -
A South African Police Service (SAPS) helicopter crash-landed at Virginia Airport on Tuesday and an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of...

CIVIL AVIATION

Civil Aviation

Tanzania inks deal to buy two passenger planes from Airbus

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Tanzania has signed a contract with Airbus for the European plane-maker to supply two passenger jets for the country’s national airline to help expand...
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Airbus revises up jet demand, trims traffic growth

Civil Aviation Guy Martin -
Airbus on Wednesday revised up forecasts for jetliner demand in the next 20 years led by growth in the new industrial hubs of Asia,...

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash victim ID completed

Civil Aviation Reuters -
The Interpol Incident Response Team (IRT) deployed after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX in March has finished assisting with positive...

Air Tanzania suspends flights to Johannesburg

Civil Aviation Reuters -
Tanzania’s national carrier suspended flights from Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg, citing ongoing violence as a risk to passengers. “You are aware there is...

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Two flights diverted from Dubai due to suspected drones

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Two flights were diverted from Dubai International Airport on Sunday due to suspected drone activity, the hub’s operator said, at least the second disruption...
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Technical glitch keeps Heathrow climate drones grounded

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Reuters -
Climate-change activists hoping to bring Europe’s biggest airport, London Heathrow, to a standstill on Friday found it was their drones that struggled to get...

South Korea to develop anti-drone system

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Reuters -
South Korea will invest 88 billion won (£59.6 million) in developing a weapons system to detect and strike drones, its procurement agency said, after...

Successful test flight for Tellumat ASTUS

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Reuters -
South African provider of defence and security technology provider Tellumat successfully completed flight trials with its ASTUS unmanned aerial system (UAS). Willie Malan, support...

NATIONAL SECURITY

National Security

Targeting militants, Nigeria to require ID cards in the northeast

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Nigeria will require anyone moving through three northeastern states to carry identification cards in an effort to root out members of Boko Haram and...
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Ethiopia detains suspected Islamist militants planning attacks

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Ethiopia said on Saturday it had arrested an unspecified number of Islamist militant members of the Somali group al Shabaab and Islamic State who...

Taliban truck bomb kills 20

National Security Reuters -
A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan, a provincial official...

Rwandan militia commander slain

National Security Reuters -
]Democratic Republic of Congo’s army said it killed Sylvestre Mudacumura, commander of a Rwandan Hutu militia wanted by the International Criminal Court. Mudacumura was...

CYBER DEFENCE

Cyber Defence

China behind Australia parliament hack

Reuters -
Australian intelligence determined China was responsible for a cyber-attack on its national parliament and three largest political parties before the May general election, five...
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Sanctions for North Korean hacking groups

Cyber Defence Reuters -
The US Treasury announced sanctions on three North Korean hacking groups it said were involved in “WannaCry” ransomware attacks and hacking international banks and...

US flags Huawei security concerns

Cyber Defence Reuters -
The United States raised concerns with Gulf allies over a possible security risk in Huawei technology for their 5G mobile infrastructure US officials said. ...

Uighurs targeted in iPhone attack

Cyber Defence Reuters -
Apple Inc confirmed China’s Uighurs, a mostly Muslim minority group considered a security threat by Beijing, had been the target of attacks due to...

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Government Affairs

Speech: SAAF chief on opening of SAAF Museum Air Show

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Address by Lieutenant General Fabian ‘Zakes’ Msimang at the opening of the South African Air Force (SAAF) Museum at Air Force Base Swartkop on...
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Defence and Military Veterans Minister’s budget address

Government Affairs Reuters -
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans presented her budget vote to the National Assembly on Wednesday, July 17. defenceWeb publishes it as...

Budget vote speech by Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thabang Makwetla

Government Affairs Reuters -
“Noluthando alias ‘Agnes’ Ncwana, to whose memory I wish to dedicate my remarks in this budget debate this morning, was a military veteran who...

Zimbabwe lawmaker charged with subversion

Government Affairs Reuters -
A Zimbabwe opposition lawmaker was charged with subversion, his lawyer said, after a video surfaced where he purportedly said President Emmerson Mnangagwa would be...
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