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Aerospace & Defence

SA aerospace firm takes offer to upgrade old jet fighters global

South Africa’s Midrand-based private-sector defence company Advanced Technologies & Engineering (ATE), which is an integrator of mission systems, has revealed that it has developed a further upgrade for the venerable French Dassault Mirage...

By: Keith Campbell

15 Aug 08

Defence

German investor to realign SA defence business

HAVING taken a 51% share in South African State-owned defence industrial group Denel’s munitions business, major German private-sector defence industrial group Rheinmetall is busy integrating the South African operations into its...

By: Keith Campbell

14 Mar 08

defence

German firm to buy controlling stake in Denel Munitions

German defence giant Rheinmetall Group signed an agreement, on Friday, with local aerospace and defence group Denel, which marked Rheinmettal's intention to take a 51% equity stake in Denel Munitions.

By: Olivia Soraya Spadavecchia

08 Feb 08

Defence

Armoured-vehicle firm campaigns on yet another front

Specialist South African armoured and protected vehicle design and manufacturing company BAE Systems Land Systems OMC (Land Systems) is actively marketing its RG-31 mine-protected vehicle in Spain. The bid is being mounted from Land Systems' head...

By: Keith Campbell

16 Nov 07

Metals

Local company produces life-saving submersible system

Engineering company HG Molenaar has won an award for the construction of a submarine rescue system.

By: Jonathan Faurie

01 Jun 07

Breaking News

Is the SANDF properly equipped for its expanding peacekeeping role?

In his State of the Nation address last month, President Thabo Mbeki stated, “[A]mong the greatest achievements of the peoples of Africa in the past two-and-a-half years has been the restoration of peace in the Great Lakes region. We are proud,...

By: Keith Campbell

16 Mar 07

Defence

PEACEKEEPING PRIDE: But is the SANDF properly equipped for the job?

IN his State of the Nation address last month, President Thabo Mbeki stated, "[a]mong the greatest achievements of the peoples of Africa in the past two-and-a-half years has been the restoration of peace in the Great Lakes Region. We are proud,...

By: Keith Campbell

16 Mar 07

Stainless steel

Submarine rescue system takes top honours

Paarl-based HG Molenaar has scored a world-first for the South African fabrication industry with the development of a submarine rescue system for deployment in any ocean under the jurisdiction of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

Defence

Spin-off expected from multipurpose ship project

THE SA Navy’s plan for new multipurpose coastal ships should be implemented within the next 5 years & the LPD/LPH programme could be brought forward.

By: Keith Campbell

10 Jun 05

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City	Company	Country	Currency
Midrand Dusseldorf Johannesburg Berlin BUJUMBURA Darfur Moscow Pretoria Paarl	Advanced Technologies & Engineering BAE Systems MBDA Thales Thomson Denel Rheinmetall South African State Denel Munitions Rheinmetall Group BAE Systems Land Systems OMC General Dynamics Land Systems General Dynamics Land Systems Canada Hatch HG Molenaar Sassda Boeing Casspirs And Mambas Hercules Admiral	France Italy South Africa Spain Germany Singapore United States Afghanistan Bosnia Canada Lebanon Poland United Kingdom Britain Burundi Chad Comoros Democratic Republic Of Congo Japan Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Yugoslavia	STD EUR USD
Industry Term	Organisation	Person	Product
Electronic Warfare Equipment Missile Giant Mission Systems Navigation Systems The Computer Hardware Industrial Group Private-sector Defence Industrial Group Defence Group Local Aerospace Steel Duplex Stainless Steel Food Re-equipment Transport Local Stainless Steel Industry	Mirage F1 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Spanish Army United Nations Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association Year’s Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association African Union Al-Qaeda Army Deliberate Force European Union National Defence Force Navy S Operation Deliberate Force Security Council South African Air Force Task Force Southern AfricanStainless Steel Development Association South African Navy	Galileo Avionica Armin Papperger Lana Kinley Monwabisi Kalawe Martin Molteno Helmoed Romer-Heitman Leon Engelbrecht Thabo Mbeki Oliver Damm Bernhard Teuteberg Johannes Mudimu Mudimu	Dassault Mirage III Mil Mi-24 Pilatus PC-7 TNT Agusta A109 Airbus A400M C-130 Hercules C-130s Chinook Chinooks Mirage 2000 RPG
Technology	Continent	Region	Facility
Digital Video GPS Laser “The Technology Encryption Frequency Hopping SAN	Europe Africa	Middle East North Atlantic Darfur Indian Ocean	Rheinmettall Denel Munition