Tag: maintenance
African air forces grappling with aircraft maintenance
The South African Air Force is one of the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its fighter jet fleet is among the most advanced overall on...
SANDF sharp end maintenance done “on demand”
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise says maintenance of military equipment used by the combat services of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Maximising functionality for aerospace and defence in Africa
Cloud enterprise software company IFS believes that optimising value and maximising functionality – doing more with available resources – is something it is ideally...
Data science helping Rolls Royce improve aircraft availability
Using technology and software to monitor, predict and plan aircraft engine maintenance is saving Rolls Royce customers hundreds of overhaul visits a year.
Nick Ward,...
Paramount Aerospace to expand its support for ATAC under newly-awarded contract...
Global Aerospace and Technology Company to Scale Significantly to Bolster US Combat Air Forces (CAF) Contracted Air Support (CAS) Programme
1 October 2020, Fort Worth,...
R20 million for AFB Bloemspruit sewer system upgrade
Utilisation of SA Air Force (SAAF) bases is not high, given the current lack of threat against South Africa but they have...
Military MRO: solving the maintenance skills shortage with augmented reality
Maintaining sophisticated military equipment across land, sea and air is a difficult enough challenge when the required resources are readily available. So...
Russia to open aviation service centre in Africa
Russian aviation holding company Technodinamika plans to open an aviation service centre in Africa in 2018.
This was announced by Deputy General Director...
SA Air Force maintenance suffering from loss of skilled technicians
The aircraft maintenance capabilities of the South African Air Force (SAAF), including that of the presidential Boeing Business Jet, have decreased dramatically...
Global military support market worth $50 billion in 2013
The global military support in service/maintenance market earned revenues of $50.73 billion in 2013 and this will reach $63.58 billion by 2022,...
