Tag: Armscor
SAAF “aircraft launching systems” need work
The SA Air Force (SAAF) is, according to Armscor, in need of maintenance and repair work on its “aircraft launching and landing systems”.
A tender...
Tenders out for support of two SAAF aircraft types
Armscor tenders to supply product support for two aircraft in the SA Air Force (SAAF) fleet currently await response from prospective bidders.
One tender, to...
Samil top structures up for renewal
Samil trucks in SA National Defence Force (SANDF) service have, over the years, performed varied roles, from the ordinary troop transport through to specialist...
Frigate weapons alignment
Part of SA Navy (SAN) frigate maintenance is weapons alignment with a scheduled session recently successfully completed by the weapons section of the Armscor...
Armscor quality assurance in action on Project Hotel
Quality assurance and project management are watchwords Armscor sticks strictly to at SAS (Sandock Austral Shipyards) in Durban where the new hydrographic vessel for...
Armscor holds capability demonstration
Armscor used its Gerotek facility west of Pretoria to show its capabilities – both in terms of products and services – for civilian and...
Armscor billboard seen as a start in own revenue generation
“Revenue generation” and “sweating assets” have been part of Armscor management communications for at least the past five years in efforts to lessen dependency...
No clean audit status for Armscor
Just over three months ago a “delighted” Armscor said it received an unqualified audit finding from the Office of Auditor General, Tsakani Maluleke.
A somewhat...
Maintenance and replacement parts for SAAF C-130BZs
The major movers of men and materiel in the SA Air Force (SAAF) – 28 Squadron’s small and shrinking number of vintage C-130BZ Hercules...
Rooivalk Mk II development stalled
Discussions on development of a Rooivalk Mk II combat support helicopter remain at a technical level between Denel and Armscor with little progress since...
Armscor and ATNS agree to assist each other
The latest addition to efforts to assure revenue flow to State-owned defence and security acquisition company, Armscor, sees it become a partner to another...
Hoefyster is another Denel casualty
The sorry saga that is the new infantry combat vehicle (ICV) for the SA Army drags on with Armscor indicating “no significant progress” in...
Field accommodation, water purification and a grenade launcher among completed Armscor...
Armscor, according to its latest annual report, successfully completed six projects and sub-projects, notwithstanding “severe delays in deliveries” as well as contract execution “disruptions”...
Armscor strategising for sustainability, will not desert the SANDF
Phillip Dexter, who replaced Stanley Motimele as Armscor chair in December last year, reports on three strategies the largely new board of the State-owned...
Armscor UN supply endeavours remain fruitless, same for international equipment disposal
Armscor efforts to become part of the UN supply chain, particularly in Africa, have to date not yielded any positive results with another more...
Parliamentary committee recommends move for Defence Intelligence
Armscor, by its own admission, has not progressed far with its stated intent of sweating assets to boost revenue.
A major component of the proposal...
Clean audit for Armscor
Armscor, the State-owned company resorting in Thandi Modise’s Defence and Military Veterans Ministry, “got the nod” as it were from the Office of the...
Trade union locks horns with Armscor
Armscor, the State-owned company financed to a large extent by the national defence budget, faces a raft of allegations including abuse of power and...
Armscor initiated fund seeks R350 million to boost black defence industry
Another effort to attract and involve entrepreneurs and industrialists from South Africa’s largest population demographic, in the form of a defence industry enterprise and...
The Past Week in Defence #63 (19 July – 25 July...
In this week’s edition, peacefulness decreases slightly in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria receives its first six Super Tucanos, the insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado grows...
Armscor Quo Vadis?
Armscor, according to its chief executive, is “fully aware the days of transfer payments are diminishing” with ways and means to generate own revenue...
Defence disposal solutions workshop
Hard on the heels of Armscor partnering with the United Kingdom Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), the State-owned defence and security acquisition agency is...
The Past Week in Defence #56 (31 May – 6 May...
In this week’s edition, the Algerian Air Force will receive C-130J Super Hercules transports, Egypt is getting truck tankers and recovery vehicles, a crew...
Progress with dockyard renewal
The Simon’s Town dockyard, now in its third year of Armscor management, has made “significant progress” on the renewal strategy put in place by...
Seventy-one Armscor tenders planned to April 2022
Armscor aims to acquire goods and services for the South African security services via 71 tenders during the 12-month period ending on 31 March...
The Past Week in Defence #55 (24 May – 30 May...
In this week’s edition, the Southern African Development Community decides on another summit as it holds off on a military response to Mozambique’s insurgency...
Armscor to market used UK defence equipment
Combat proven defence equipment and materiel from the United Kingdom (UK) has a new window into Africa thanks to a framework agreement entered into...
The Past Week in Defence #53 (10 May – 16 May...
In this week’s edition, South Africa is in “conversation” with Mozambique on Operation Copper patrols, Seriti Commission judges could face misconduct charges and De...
Armscor looking to foreign countries and government agencies for income
State-owned defence and security acquisition agency Armscor faces a dwindling income stream due to decreasing defence funding and has identified 15 potential new clients...
Armscor a service organisation where 74% of funding goes to salaries
As defence spending continues to slip ever further down government’s priority list, its defence and security acquisition agency is “actively engaged” in improving what...
The Past Week in Defence #47 (29 March – 4 April...
As Africa’s leading defence news portal, defenceWeb aims to give you the latest updates on African defence, the South African National Defence Force and...
Armscor further explains efforts to leverage IP
Armscor, as the custodian of the Department of Defence’s intellectual property (IP), is looking at ways of leveraging this in order to generate revenue.
In...
Armscor assisting in keeping ageing army equipment operational
The landward force was not part of government’s Strategic Defence Procurement Package (SDPP) and has had to extend the service life of much of...
Private sector security guarding building housing Defence headquarters
While the Department of Defence (DoD) does not employ private security services for its headquarters in the Armscor building, the State-owned defence and security...
The Past Week in Defence #44 (8 March – 14 March...
In this week’s edition, on the continent, MBDA confirms Egypt has ordered VL MICA missiles for its corvettes.
In SANDF news, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula...
Troubled Badger project far behind, with little hope in sight
Project Hoefyster, for the supply of 243 Badger infantry fighting vehicles for the South African Army, is nine years behind schedule with little hope...
Armscor reports progress on dockyard renewal
Armscor presented a comprehensive three year, three phase renewal for the Simons’ Town dockyard to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans with...
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...
Armscor and Streit talk collaboration
“Areas of possible collaboration” between United Arab Emirates (UAE) headquartered Streit Group and South Africa’s defence and security acquisition agency Armscor was the sole...
Protechnik expertise turned to sanitisers and disinfectants
Turning swords into ploughshares could be ascribed to what Armscor defence institute Protechnik Laboratories did when the coronavirus pandemic hit South Africa.
The Centurion based...
Armscor chief sees pandemic strengthening the defence industry
Writing in only the second edition this year of the Armscor newsletter “Inside Out” chief executive Solomzi Mbada expresses optimism the South African defence...
Still no clarity on Hoefyster
Addressing the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) this week, Armscor’s chief executive pointed out the agency’s core function was to acquire...
New directors for Armscor
Seven new directors have been named to the board of the State-owned defence and security acquisition agency Armscor.
The announcement was made by Justice and...
The Past Week in Defence #27 (26 October – 1 November)
In this week’s edition, on the continent, the USS Hershel Williams arrives in Spain after visiting Africa and there has been a suspected drone...
SA defence industry struggling, but avenues for growth exist
The South African defence industry is struggling to survive amidst a declining local defence budget, stiff competition and poor economic growth, but it is...
Clean audit for Armscor
South Africa’s public sector involvement in defence and the defence industry comes under the Parliamentary spotlight soon with the tabling of three annual reports.
The...
The Past Week in Defence #23 (28 September – 4 October)
In this week’s edition, on the continent, Egypt requests the sale of a $417 million Maritime Domain Awareness system, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems launches Egypt’s...
Milkor Y4 grenade launcher handover to the South African Army under...
The Department of Defence and Armscor have officially handed over Project Kamogelo to the South African Army, after Milkor successfully delivered 370 Y4 medium...
Keynote address by Trevor Mketi, AMD Conference 29 September 2020
Members of the South African National Defence Force
Defence attaches and foreign military representatives
Captains of industry
Members of the media
Ladies and gentlemen
On behalf of the Secretary...
COVID-19 positive case at Armscor under lockdown level one
The most recent COVID-19 positive case at Armscor was reported earlier this month (October) while the lockdown as per the national state of disaster...
