Tag: Alkantpan
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...
Armscor highlights strategic facilities
Armscor has a number of strategic facilities, from test ranges to research and development institutions, and many of these are undergoing upgrades and improvements...
Alkantpan adds UAV test flights to product offerings
Armscor’s Alkantpan test range in Northern Cape undoubtedly qualifies for the title of a Big Sky location making eminent sense to use the site...
Rheinmetall confirms record-breaking artillery shots at Alkantpan
Rheinmetall has set three new distance records for 155 mm indirect artillery fire during a shoot at the Alkantpan range in the Northern Cape...
Rheinmetall resets the range goal posts
At its long-range artillery capability demonstration on 6 November at the Armscor Alkantpan Test Range in the Northern Cape, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) and...
Alkantpan – still adding value
Ongoing improvements at Armscor’s Alkantpan test range bring it closer to a shared vision of “being the ultimate test range of choice”.
In its latest...
Springkaan explained
What was touted in the latest Armscor annual report as a "weapon system" turned out to be old-fashioned South African ingenuity put...
Alkantpan becoming a niche site for UAV testing and evaluation
Armscor's Alkantpan test range is internationally renowned among artillerymen and has added another arrow to its quiver – that of a test...
Armscor calls briefing sessions for development of four properties
Armscor efforts to generate revenue so it is not entirely dependent on government funding should see the State's defence and security acquisition...
Foreign users at Alkantpan test range boost Armscor income
Armscor's all-purpose Alkantpan ballistic test range generated 14% more income in the last financial year due mainly to "a significant increase in...
Alkantpan and the SKA will live – and work – in...
The high-tech, state-of-the-art radio telescope taking shape in the Northern Cape will co-exist with the Alkantpan ballistic test range.
The Armscor owned and...
Armscor seeking private sector accommodation involvement at two of its sites
Part of Armscor's recently announced multi-million Rand turnaround strategy involves "sweating" assets to make them income generators for a government agency largely...
RDM qualifies extended range ammunition
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has successfully qualified its range extending M2005 Velocity Enhanced Artillery Projectile (VLAP) for an international client.
Range table and...
Sixty percent plus of Alkantpan’s income is from foreign clients
Armscor's Alkantpan test range in Northern Cape posted a 15% increase in the number of tests conducted there in the 2015/16 financial...
Mixed performance for Armscor’s test ranges
Armscor's Alkantpan weapons test range recorded an increase in sales in the last financial year while the Gerotek vehicle testing facility did...
Seeker 400 passes vital round of testing conducted by Denel
Denel's unmanned aerial vehicle system, the Seeker 400, has successfully completed the second round of flights tests as part of its development process.
The tests,...
Seeker 400 passes vital round of testing conducted by Denel
Denel's unmanned aerial vehicle system successfully completed the second round of flights tests at the Alkantpan range in the Northern Cape.Denel's unmanned aerial vehicle system, the Seeker 400,...
Diehl tests Vulcano precision guided ammunition at Alkantpan
Diehl Defence and OTO Melara have successfully tested their Vulcano precision guided artillery munition family during a live firing campaign at the...
New board will visit all Armscor assets on familiarisation tour
Known as a no nonsense person during his time as Navy Chief, its apparent the new man at the helm of Armscor,...
