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Liebenberg confirmed as new Denel head

15th April 2005 Following much media speculation, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin today confirmed the appointment of Shaun Liebenberg as the new CEO of Denel. →

Cheetah beaten by Tiger in Brazil

By: Keith Campbell 8th April 2005 SOUTH Africa’s Cheetah fighter loses out in competition for interim fighter for Brazil, but R-Darter missile still in contention for BVRAAM requirement. →

German group wins big UK defence order

By: Keith Campbell 6th April 2005 GERMAN manufacturing group MAN has won a →

Botswana installs new air-defence system

By: Keith Campbell 5th April 2005 SPANISH defence electronics and systems company Indra is currently developing a full air defence command and control system for Botswana in a €7,1-million contract. →

AgustaWestland seeks SA ground-support expertise

By: Keith Campbell 1st April 2005 MORE details on configuration of SA Super Lynx helicopters & some more on offsets. →

SA missiles system enhanced

By: Keith Campbell 25th March 2005 Details and technical specifications of the Denel Aerospace Systems R-Darter beyond visual range air-to-air missile. →

Brazil makes interim fighter choice

By: Keith Campbell 21st March 2005 South African hopes to sell or lease second-hand Denel Cheetah C multirole fighters to the Brazilian Air Force seem to have been dashed. →

Cheetah in Brazil air force race, but . . .

By: Keith Campbell 18th March 2005 Senior Brazilian Air Force officers have confirmed that SA’s Denel Cheetah fighter and Denel R-Darter missile are in contention for Brazilian requirements. →

US defence order will open doors for SA firm

By: Keith Campbell 11th March 2005 The US Army decision to buy 148 RG-31 vehicles designed & built by SA company Land Systems OMC will boost the local company’s international marketing efforts. →

Global defence specialist clinches £140m UK contract

25th February 2005 Global defence and aerospace specialist BAE Systems’ C4ISR Networked Systems & Solutions (NS&S) has been down-selected as the preferred contractor for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) project Shaman. →

French aerospace firm revamps Joburg branch

25th February 2005 The premises of Turbomeca’s South African site, Turbomeca Africa, have been revamped and their machine-tools and heavy maintenance workshops, catering for engines and accessories, have been upgraded. →

France's defence forces acquire night-vision cameras

25th February 2005 The French defence procurement agency, DGA, has awarded Thales a contract to equip the French army, air force and navy with Sophie night-vision cameras. →

Exports contribute more than half of defence-sector earnings

By: Liezel Hill 25th February 2005 Of a total defence-related industry (DRI) turnover of some R7-billion for 2003, R3,7-billion can be attributed to exports, reports South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) vice-chairperson Alan Holloway. →

SA firm establishes itself as defence air-con specialist

By: Liezel Hill 25th February 2005 Air-conditioning expert Booyco Engineering has entrenched itself as a specialist supplier of air-conditioning and environmental-control units to the local and international defence community. →

Defencetek's contribution to quality of life

By: Liezel Hill 25th February 2005 “In short, the mandate of the CSIR is to contribute to the quality of life of the people of South Africa through research and development,” asserts CSIR Defence Technology (Defencetek) director Andr →

Cyber security for electronic crime

By: Liezel Hill 25th February 2005 With an ever-increasing number of people and organisations storing information, doing business and transacting money electronically in cyber space, the issue of information warfare is becoming a vital crime prevention, security and defence concern. →

Joburg firm sings the praises of offset programme

By: Liezel Hill 25th February 2005 A local company, which has benefited significantly from the government’s defence industrial participation programme, is Midrand-based Aerospace Monitoring and Systems (AMS). →

26 years of supplying high-performance batteries

25th February 2005 Established in 1979, Aztec Electronics supplies high-performance batteries and related components to the defence industry. →

Brazil mulls SA missile for air force

By: Keith Campbell 18th February 2005 BRAZILIAN sources have again indicated that this country’s Denel R-Darter beyond-visual-range air-to-air-missile (BVRAAM) is a contender for the Brazilian Air Force’s (FAB) requirement for this category of weapon. →

SA offset programme world's 'most challenging'

By: Keith Campbell 11th February 2005 SOUTH Africa’s industrial participation (IP) or offset programme for the defence re-equipment package is “stiff”, MAN Ferrostaal senior vice-president for naval affairs Horst Weretecki exclusively tells Engineering News. →

Submarine consortium to announce big offset soon

By: Terence Creamer 2nd February 2005 The company with overall responsibility for delivering on the German Submarine Consortium's €3-billion defence offset commitments has admitted to tardiness, but yesterday made a firm commitment to meeting its targets ahead of the December 31, 2007, deadline. →

SA parts fly high in choppers . . .

By: Keith Campbell 21st January 2005 SA designed and manufactured components for AgustaWestland Super Lynx 300 helicopters continue to exceed expectations & the company is offering them to the rest of its customers. →

. . . offset opportunities sought

By: Keith Campbell 21st January 2005 HELICOPTER-manufacturer AgustaWestland has so far claimed some →

Attack choppe's enviro-control system being upgraded

By: abdul cook 14th January 2005 Gauteng-based Booyco Engineering is upgrading the environmental-control system (ECS) of the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) Rooivalk attack helicopter, in collaboration with Denel Aerospace. →

New concept in vehicle self protection for peacekeeping

14th January 2005 A South African company owned jointly by Grintek (South Africa) and Saab (Sweden), Avitronics has launched a revolutionary new system at African Aerospace and Defence 2004. →

Military aircraft decision excites aerospace firms

By: Keith Campbell 14th January 2005 THE signing of a Declaration of Intent between SA & Airbus Military means that SA companies will produce components for every A400M military transport aicraft that is built. →

Brazil again mulls Cheetah

By: Keith Campbell 14th January 2005 SOUTH Africa’s Denel Cheetah C multirole fighter is again under consideration by Brazil as an interim interceptor fighter for that country’s air force. →

First SA-assembled Hawk completes maiden flight

14th January 2005 South Africa's first locally-assembled Hawk fighter trainer aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight yesterday. →

Peacekeepers interested in SA mobile-office system

By: elizabeth rebelo 10th December 2004 A unique mobile office, developed by South Africa’s Reunert Defence Logistics (RDL), has awakened the interest of peacekeeping and defence forces in Africa, in addition to local mining and construction companies operating on the continent. →

Sub consortium, Daun team up to create jobs

By: Keith Campbell 10th December 2004 THE national industrial participation (Nip – that is, civilian offsets) programme from the German Submarine Consortium (GSC) has resulted in an endeavour which has already created just over 360 jobs and is set to create almost 400 over the next year, for a total of 700 sustainable new jobs. →

'SA manufacturing more competitive than Europe, US'

By: Martin Czernowalow 29th November 2004 South African Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin on Friday declared that the country is more competitive and productive in terms of manufacturing than Europe or the US, and added that South Africa could also match China and India of competitiveness. →

Submarine consortium reveals 6 000-job call-centre plan

By: Terence Creamer 19th November 2004 The German Submarine Consortium (GSC), which is supplying three type U-209 submarines to South Africa, has revealed that it is working on a number of new industrial participation (IP) projects, including a major call centre for the Western Cape that could create up to 6000 jobs. →

Leading Swede on new Denel board

By: Keith Campbell 12th November 2004 ONE of the most interesting aspects of the new board of State-owned aviation and defence group Denel, which was announced last week, is the inclusion of Swedish national Bengt Halse as a nonexecutive director. →

Is $16bn counter-trade promise bearing fruit?

By: Keith Campbell 8th November 2004 Nearly five years after the signing of most of the contracts for the strategic defence re-equipment programme for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), and more than four years after these contracts came into effect, the taxpayers of South Africa can see – and, in person or via... →

Offset tracking

5th November 2004 Four years on, is the $16bn counter-trade promise bearing fruit? →

First Word

By: Keith Campbell 29th October 2004 AT times, it was like being in a Second World War newsreel – some scene from the Battle of the Atlantic, perhaps. →

Denel consortium in pole position for army tender

By: Keith Campbell 29th October 2004 WITH the creation of a consortium that includes South African state-owned Denel and local private sector company Land Systems OMC, along with giant European aerospace and defence group EADS and vehicle designer and manufacturer Patria, the Patria armoured modular vehicle (AMV) must be regarded as... →

New antilandmine technology from South African firm

By: Keith Campbell 22nd October 2004 SA armoured vehicle maker Land Systems OMC has developed a new anti-landmine technology & has joined consortium to offer Patria AMV to SA Army for Project Hoefyster. →