Partnership offers protection solutions for maritime piracy scourge

British-based maritime services company Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) and Singapore-based enterprise Vessel Protection Services (VPS) have unveiled a partnership to provide ship owners and operators with the means to protect their ships and...

Defence Department keen to support local missiles, UAV technologies

South African missiles and unmanned air vehicles (UAV) company Denel Dynamics reports interest by the Department of Defence (DoD) in its new products and programmes. The DoD recognises that, to keep missile and UAV technology capabilties within...

Missile company optimistic about 2012 and beyond

Denel Dynamics is optimistic about its sales prospects for this year. “I think we’ll see our international business picking up, because we understand our niches much better. For many years, we were focusing too widely, but now we know much...

A400M refund clears air for Airbus Military in SA

European aerospace company Airbus Military believes that its refund, last month, of South Africa’s initial payments and other costs (plus interest) regarding the A400M programme, from which this country withdrew in 2009, opens the way for the...

SA Defence interested in supporting local missile and UAV technologies

South African missiles and unmanned air vehicles (UAV) company Denel Dynamics CEO Jan Wessels told Engineering News Online on Tuesday that the Department of Defence (DoD) has expressed interest in its new products and programmes. This is because...

German defence cuts not yet affecting Airbus Military A400M programme

Major defence cuts unveiled late last year by Germany have not yet had any impact on the production programme for the Airbus Military A400M transport and air-to-air refuelling aircraft, the European company has told Engineering News Online....

Local defence company wins export orders for 183 mine protected vehicles

South African armoured and mine protected vehicle company BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa (Land Systems SA) announced export orders worth some R1.2-billion for its RG31 and RG32M vehicles on Wednesday. Sweden has placed a follow-on order...

A400M refund clears way for Airbus Military to compete in other SA programmes

European aerospace company Airbus Military believes that its refund, last month, of South Africa’s initial payments and other costs (plus interest) regarding the A400M programme, from which this country withdrew in 2009, opens the way for the...