Armscor is proud to showcase for the first time in East Africa its capabilities in areas of acquisition, research and development, naval dockyard as well as logistic freight forwarding services. As part of its marketing support responsibilities, Armscor will showcase the South African Defence Industry’s expertise in areas including amongst others, design, development, engineering in both land and aerospace structures, missile and UAV’s ,military vehicles, integrated camp systems and many more, at the Land Forces East Africa Exhibition and conference on 15-16 July 2014 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Through its unparalleled defence expertise and capabilities, Armscor is set to present collaborative views that will address security challenges experienced by the region as well as strengthen its defence infrastructure, elements which are crucial for maintaining peace and security in the region. Driven by the vision to become the Premier Technology and Acquisition Agency for the South African Government and governments of the SADC region, Armscor is forging ahead in penetrating the African defence market given the region’s increased defence budget which has substantially grown to an average of 13.6% per year. This is five times more than the industry average. On the backdrop of celebrating 20 years of democracy, Armscor is proud of the role it has played and still plays in equipping the SANDF with defence solutions to safeguard the sovereignty of the country as well as peace keeping missions in the continent. Armscor is looking into establishing and strengthening collaborative partnerships that will not only improve the security of the region but also provide smart acquisition solutions to equip the region with state of the art equipment.
The highlights of the conference will include engagements around East African military collaboration, smart acquisition, maritime focus as well as capacity building in Africa. Over 300 senior regional defence and military experts will attend the conference including government stakeholders and defence industry experts.