Industry

2022 was a better year for the South African defence industry compared to 2021, with R1 billion more in products being exported to countries...

The Nigeria Security Exhibition and Conference (NISECExpo) will be returning this year following a hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The organising committee said that...

The UAE’s Edge conglomerate has racked up multiple orders for precision guided munitions from its subsidiaries AL TARIQ and Halcon, which will supply Al...

Three weeks after the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) urged Denel and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to ‘thrash out concerns’, it...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise has said she is committed to supporting South Africa’s defence industry because a healthy defence industry will...

After launching a bursary programme at the end of 2022 to build its workforce pipeline, Hensoldt South Africa has awarded bursaries to 12 students...

Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has called for the full implementation of Denel’s turnaround strategy so that it can continue to support...

Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has called for the full implementation of Denel’s turnaround strategy so that it can continue to support...

One Parliament defence oversight committee – the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) – maintains it’s time for management of the national defence force...

The audit of state-owned defence conglomerate Denel’s financial statements is two years behind, as the company only submitted its 2021/22 financial year statements to...

Paramount, already manufacturing armoured vehicles in India under a joint venture with Bharat Forge Limited, has now announced that it is partnering with the...

Since 2015, Alaris Antennas, a specialised RF antenna engineering company, has invested in a bursary programme to attract and retain top engineering talent from...

As part of the 15th iteration of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) held bi-annually in Abu Dhabi, Milkor UAE has been showcasing...

The war in Ukraine as well as consistent marketing efforts are seeing surging interest in naval sensor products at Saab Grintek Defence, which has...

The United Arab Emirates’ AL TARIQ and India’s Bharat Dynamics Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding for the production of Al Tariq precision...

Paramount, now headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), unveiled its new logo and brand at the IDEX 2023 exhibition currently underway in Abu...

Hensoldt South Africa is presenting an extensive portfolio of products at the IDEX 2023 exhibition in Abu Dhabi as it continues to focus on...

Pretoria-based electronics company Etion Create is out in force at the IDEX 2023 exhibition in the United Arab Emirates – the first time it...

Integrated product support and technical documentation services provider Sigma Logistic Solutions has brought technical documentation into the 21st century with its Interactive Maintenance Management...

The South African defence industry’s (SADI’s) participation in next week’s IDEX (International Defence Exhibition and Conference) in Abu Dhabi is important because countries in...

South African automotive system designer Mavtech Technologies is cementing its position in the Middle East through its partnership with the UAE’s Supreme Trading Company...

An upbeat Mike Kgobe, interim Denel chief executive, has let personnel at the State-owned defence and technology conglomerate know seven Badgers – “our very...

Eleven South African defence industry (SADI) companies will be in the Middle Eastern emirate Abu Dhabi next week (20 to 24 February) with Department...

Denel maintains it’s open for business and will use IDEX in the Abu Dhabi emirate of the UAE (United Arab Emirates) later this month...

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) may face criminal prosecution over the September 2018 explosion at its Somerset West facility that claimed eight lives. The Department of...

Sudan’s Military Industry Corporation (MIC) wants to expand its exports to other African countries and is stepping up its presence at African defence shows. In...

Paramount Group’s Mbombe 4, manufactured in India as the Kalyani M4, has debuted in the country’s Republic Day parade after being taken into Indian...

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has secured two new contracts for its 155 mm Assegai artillery ammunition, worth nearly €60 million or R1.1 billion. Rheinmetall said...

Defence industry manufacturers and producers in two provinces will this week have the opportunity to, among others, establish the status of online permit applications...

South African company Miller Africa Towing Equipment has sold recovery vehicles to Botswana, Kenya and Namibia, amongst others, and some of these have been...

Reutech Radar has developed a passive ship navigation radar receiver that can detect ‘dark’ vessels that have switched off their AIS transponders, but not...

Hungary is building a new RDX plant in Varpalota and Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is supplying the necessary plant technology. Rapid progress is being...

The seventh edition of the ShieldAfrica defence and security exhibition has been cancelled, with no new date in sight. The expo was due to be...

A highly skilled and experienced workforce is a crucial element for the success of electronic contract manufacturing company Omnigo, which employs nearly 170 permanent...

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) continues to do well with the export of its 40 mm ammunition range, and has just announced two contracts with...

Tyre pressure, automation and driveline control specialist Mavtech Technologies have partnered with South African company ADI Mechatronics on industrialising fuel cell technology for electronic...

2022 provided an interesting dynamic in the interaction between the SA defence industry (SADI) and the government role players that have an interest in...

Hot on the heels of a multi-million euro contract for 155 mm ammunition from a NATO customer, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has announced a...

The South African subsidiary of Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, the German defence and technology giant, notched up a further success and will supply an...

Pretoria-based Redeployable Camp Systems South Africa (RCSSA), part of the KwaZulu-Natal headquartered Canvas & Tent group, beat the odds to deliver on an urgent...

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) used the recent Exercise Vuk’uhlome at the SA Army Combat Training Centre (CTC) in Northern Cape to spread the value...

This opinion piece may be a fool’s errand, because it focuses on the small group which wants to see a viable South African defence...

Denel Integrated Systems Solutions (DISS) will be one of four divisions in the restructured Denel Group and aims to grow substantially as it seeks...

Defence exports worth R2.85 billion are currently on hold to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Poland, the National Conventional Arms Control...

The 2022 edition of the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition saw a drop in numbers from 2018, but the figures need to be...

With what was dubbed the “recovery show” done and dusted, the focus is now on the not-too-distant horizon that is September 2024. That’s when the...

Mavtech Technologies, as specialists in central tyre inflation systems (CTIS), continue to expand their tyre inflation product lineup and have developed several new products. Mavtech...

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises (PCPE) maintains Denel’s strategic restructuring plan is “a re-engineering of the business”. The comment comes in a statement issued...

Probably the most poignant comments to date on what is increasingly looking like a dead duck – Project Hoefyster – include “a sad sight”,...

Hensoldt has opened a new airborne service centre (ASC) in Oberkochen, Germany, to repair Argos II HD gimbal-mounted electro-optical systems, which are manufactured by...