Tag: Armscor
Road safety and driver training in the Armscor portfolio
Armscor late last year made its first foray into the wider road safety sphere with the launch of an advanced driving academy pilot programme...
Gerotek is a world class vehicle testing facility
The Gerotek test facility is probably the best South African example in the swords to ploughshares category having successfully transitioned from pure military to...
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...
Armscor oversees new equipment to mitigate obsolescence in blue water platforms
The blue water component of the SA Navy, in the form of Valour Class frigates and Heroine Class submarines, has been in service for...
Armscor reports progress with GBADS
The first phase of the ground-based air defence system (GBADS) - its local warning segment – has been delivered to the SA Army and...
Progress on new SANDF tactical communication system
Radio users in the four services of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will note with interest an announcement in the Armscor annual...
Armscor chair notes “depletion” of the Special Defence Account
Armscor board chair Ambassador Thutukile Skweyiya writes in the defence and security acquisition agency’s latest annual report the organisation is “an important nexus” between...
Armscor cutting the dockyard deficit
Tabling the Armscor annual report, its acting chief executive Advocate Solomzi Mbada said a new strategy to eliminate the financial deficit at the Simon’s...
South Africa and Zimbabwe seek to strengthen defence ties
Chief of the South African Army, Lieutenant General Lindile Yam, and Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Lieutenant General Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyo,...
Armscor looking to set up facility for ballistic research
A current Armscor tender, if awarded, will see enhancement of ballistic services offered by the State-owned defence and security acquisition agency.
The tender, referenced R&D/AD-2019/029,...
Check before you speak, Minister!
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...
