SA defence industry out in force at Exercise Vuk’uhlome 2023
The South African defence industry showed its mettle at the Army's Exercise Vuk’uhlome Distinguished Visitors Day on 22 November, not only exhibiting its solutions...
RHEINMETALL DENEL MUNITION ACADEMY: COURSE DATES FOR 2024
The Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) Academy currently offers multiple credit-bearing skills programmes for Explosives Workplace Personnel. The Magazine Master skills programme was registered by...
No South African arms exports to Israel – NCACC
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has, in the wake of the Gaza conflict, reiterated that South Africa does not supply weaponry to...
Joint Standing Committee on Defence visits RDM, DSCT
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has paid a visit to Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) and Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) as a...
Hensoldt opens new offices in Stellenbosch
Hensoldt has expanded its presence in South Africa with the opening of offices in Stellenbosch, which form the new hub of its spectrum management...
Anti-Israel protesters at Paramount Midrand campus
Paramount, an international aerospace and defence company and manufacturer with South African origins, was the target of protesters for supposedly supplying arms to Israel.
A...
OTT products showcased at demo day
The military attache community was able to experience the OTT Group’s products firsthand during a demonstration day at Rhino Park last week, and this...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition out in force at CSANDF Golf Day
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) showed its support for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Friday 10 November by taking up the titanium...
No weapons sales to Israel – Armscor
Armscor has not supplied weapons to Israel or been part of joint projects with the Mediterranean country currently at war with Hamas in Gaza.
The...
Paramount and Jatunapas lead the 4×4 combat vehicle charge in Thailand
Paramount’s partnership with Thailand to produce the Mbombe 4 armoured vehicle in the Southeast Asian country is seeing tangible progress, with trials of the...
Financial and technical issues delay new SANDF equipment
The latest Armscor annual report has revealed formidable hurdles faced by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in upgrading its equipment due to...
RDM acquires nitro-glycerine transport truck
To ensure safe transport by road of nitro-glycerine and ethyl acetate, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has taken delivery of a brand new truck to...
Armscor Dockyard ups lagging quality
While nowhere near as high-tech as unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and radar, the provision of proper insulation for the thousands of kilometres of pipes...
Denel still financially distressed – Godongwana
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana singled out Denel, along with three other State-owned enterprises (SOEs), as being in poor financial health, with the Centurion-headquartered defence...
Hensoldt demos UAV, sensor solutions at local event
Hensoldt South Africa has showcased its Astus unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Argos-8 compact gimbal and Bushbaby range of land-based imaging systems to guests at...
Call for Denel to appoint permanent CEO
Two senior Democratic Alliance (DA) public representatives, whose shadow portfolios include troubled State-owned defence and technology group Denel, maintain priority number one should be...
SA Radar Interest Group readying for biennial conference
The South African Radar Interest Group (SARIG) will early next month host its latest radar conference under the theme of “The Influence of Artificial...
Eight years on, still no new NCACC IT system
For the past eight years, South Africa’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has been attempting to switch from a paper-based to a digital...
Denel has ‘stabilised’, but is its future secure?
The Engineering News article “Denel seeking to rebuild itself after severe collapse” provides interesting reading. There have been no audited Denel financial statements released...
Allen-Vanguard to attend AAD 2024 as it keeps its sights set on the African...
Having just concluded a successful DSEI exhibition in the United Kingdom, global electronic countermeasures (ECM) specialist Allen-Vanguard has confirmed its attendance at Africa Aerospace...
Saab supplying MAW 400 sensors to Hanwha Systems for Korean C-130H fleet protection
Saab has secured a contract to supply its latest MAW 400 missile approach warning sensors for integration into Hanwha Systems’ self-protection system that will...
Paramount’s naval business pivots to international markets as local market conditions worsen
Paramount Maritime Holdings will pivot to international markets after closing its Cape Town shipyards Nautic Africa and Veecraft, and move closer to its global...
Saab Grintek Defence-incubated electronics company marking 10-year anniversary
Solve Direct Electronics (SDE), incubated on Saab Grintek Defence’s Centurion campus, is about to mark its ten-year anniversary, having been established in 2014.
The black-owned...
Hensoldt technologies safeguard endangered toads
Hensoldt has joined forces with Nature Connect, a non-profit organisation committed to preserving wildlife, on a project aimed at safeguarding the endangered western leopard...
Defence demos and security seminar coming to Pretoria West
The eyes and ears of the wider South African defence and security sector will most likely be at Armscor’s Gerotek facility on Wednesday and...
Overberg Test Range struts its stuff
The Denel Overberg Test Range (OTR) in the Western Cape hosted its ninth “show and tell” for the wider South African defence community in...
Huge international demand sees second World Defense Show sell out
London, UK, 13 September: World Defense Show has announced that its exhibitor floorspace has completely sold out with five months to go before the...
Public Enterprises oversight committee commends Denel
Khaya Magaxa, Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises chair, welcomed progress made by Denel with its turnaround strategy.
In a statement issued post a presentation...
AAD 2024 launched in London
With just over a year before the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2024 exhibition opens for business in South Africa, the largest and longest...
SA arms exports to Poland on hold, not denied – NCACC
South Africa’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has not blocked arms exports to Poland, but placed them on hold – however, it is...
Denel says it is making progress with its turnaround strategy
Denel is forging partnerships with the UAE, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, selling assets and restarting production as it continues to implement its turnaround strategy.
Interim...
South African companies aim to shine at DSEI 2023
South Africa's aerospace and defence industry is gearing up for the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) trade show in the United Kingdom, with...
Milkor showcasing its products at DSEI 2023 as it continues its European expansion
Having just established a new office in Poland, Milkor is further cementing its position in the European market by taking part in the 24th...
SA arms exports up in first half of 2023
If current trends continue, South Africa is set to export far more military hardware and munitions this year than last, as exports in the...
Investing in innovation
Aerospace and defense companies are investing in research centers to explore and exploit new technologies, but also look to start ups and entrepreneurs for...
Alkantpan hosts successful Denel capability demo
Proof Denel can still make the grade came at Armscor’s Alkantpan test range last month with pride of place going to a VLAP (velocity...
Product specific Armscor tender documentation not unheard of
Armscor going as far as being product specific in tender documentation is not out of the ordinary when these are destined for “scientific research”...
Reutech announces ‘new dawn’ in HF radio communications
Reutech Communications has introduced a novel method of using legacy technology to create a ‘resilient’ or reliable radio network capable of not only sending...
No prosecution over 2018 Rheinmetall Denel Munition explosion
The Western Cape’s Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to prosecute over the fatal 3 September 2018 explosion at Rheinmetall Denel Munitions’ (RDM’s)...
Pulling the South African defence industry out of the mud
The recent Public Private Partnerships (PPP) for Defence and Security conference provided an interesting outlook on an alternate future for the defence and security...
Milkor establishes Polish division, signs MoU with Germany’s AeroData
Milkor Polska, the newest addition to the Milkor Group, has kicked off its operations in Poland by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...
Is Morocco Israel’s next defence Eldorado?
On 17 July, Israel officially recognized Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara. This recognition is another sign of the growing ties between the...
Public-private partnership a feasible solution for SANDF simulation training
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) does not use much of its simulation training systems at present due to budget constraints, but this...
New top management for Saab Grintek Defence
Saab has appointed Jan Widerström as the new President and Managing Director of Saab Grintek Defence.
He arrived in South Africa in November 2022, and...
Potential PPP options for the SANDF
Next week’s Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Defence and Security conference is going to explore the potential for expanding South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Denel unwanted asset sale realises R36 million
During Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s four-and-a-half year tenure, to date State-owned defence and technology conglomerate Denel has sold assets valued at R15.6 million...
Armiger launches new online learning platform to empower military veterans
South African training and simulation solutions provider Armiger has launched a new online learning platform explicitly tailored to empower and support the educational needs...
Leaders and experts converging to explore public-private partnerships in defence and security
Some of the top minds in the South African defence and security sector will descend on Pretoria in two weeks’ time to see how...
Russia highlights arms contracts and defence industry cooperation with Africa
Coinciding with the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg last week, Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has highlighted the joint projects and weapons sales...