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Corvette supplier confirms offset promise

By: Keith Campbell 28th November 2003 THE national industrial participation (Nip) obligations of the German Frigate Consortium (GFC) will be fulfilled, despite delays, assures a senior executive of one of the consortium’s main member companies. →

Ships’ combat system to be big on local content

By: Keith Campbell 21st November 2003 THE South African Navy (SAN) believes that the combat system for its new Amatola-class patrol frigates has by far the greatest percentage of South African-designed and manufactured components of any element of the country’s strategic defence re-equipment programme. →

First Hawk fighter-trainer arrives in SA

By: Martin Czernowalow 20th November 2003 The first BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighter-trainer (Lift) for the South African Air Force (SAAF) has arrived in the country. →

Navy ready to play catch-up on SAM technology

By: Keith Campbell 14th November 2003 The SA Navy’s new corvette, SAS Amatola, will be the service’s first ship to be equipped with a surface-to-air missile system. →

Air and defence show already on the runway

By: Keith Campbell 7th November 2003 ALTHOUGH 11 months remain before the start of Africa Aerospace and Defence 2004 the forecast looks good, with about half of the exhibition space already provisionally booked. →

Production of SA fighters under way

By: Keith Campbell 7th November 2003 THE manufacture of the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) new Gripen fighters has started at Saab’s newly-commissioned Gripen export production line in Sweden. →

Window opens for Rooivalk in Brazil, but prospects for Cheetah sales fade

By: Keith Campbell 7th November 2003 Addressing journalists at a press conference in the south of Brazil recently, the Commander of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), General Luiz Carlos da Silva Bueno, confirmed that his service has identified a need for an attack helicopter. →

Swedes see more business spinoffs in SA

By: Keith Campbell 31st October 2003 SWEDISH aerospace group Saab AB, manufacturer of the advanced Gripen multirole fighter, is seeking to grow its business with its South African partners. →

SAPS issues tender for DNA-typing system

By: laurian clemence 31st October 2003 The South African Police Service (SAPS) has issued a procurement notice for the supply, installation and integration of an automated system to facilitate forensic DNA typing at its laboratory in Pretoria. →

Risk-sharing opportunity for aviation sector

By: Keith Campbell 24th October 2003 An opportunity the SA aviation industry could use to develop new work & preserve & improve design & engineering capacity is that of risk-sharing partnerships →

Swarms of locusts threatening N Africa -UN

22nd October 2003 Swarms of locusts in northern Africa are threatening crops in areas previously blighted by drought, the United Nations food body said yesterday. →

SA hosts Unicef's first non-European disaster-relief hub

By: laurian clemence 22nd October 2003 The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has officially opened an emergency supply facility in Johannesburg, the first such facility to be opened outside of Europe. →

SA in big aerospace thrust

By: Keith Campbell 20th October 2003 The South African aerospace industry has been identified by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as an important sector of the country’s manufacturing industry, as an important cluster that should be promoted and developed further. →

Aerospace thrust

By: Keith Campbell 17th October 2003 The South African aerospace industry has been identified by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as an important sector of the country’s manufacturing industry, as an important cluster that should be promoted and further developed. →

Aircraft maintenance: preparation in 3D

By: Karel Smrcka 10th October 2003 The Aitram program for virtual aircraft maintenance offers many advantages, including learning by doing, reduced training time, cost and risks, and complex learning material that can be taught in an easy comprehensive manner. →

Solar-powered electric planes – it’s about time

By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy 10th October 2003 As we chug towards the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ flight one can’t help but notice that all aeroplanes run on avgas or gasoline, even after 100 years. →

More rigour needed in screening firearm licence applications

By: katharine mckenzie 10th October 2003 The Supreme Court of appeal recently upheld an important judgment concerning the circumstances in which an individual may be granted a firearm licence. →

UK aerospace showcase expo to be held in SA

By: laurian clemence 7th October 2003 A division of the British government, UK Trade and Investment, will be holding a mini-aerospace exhibition in Johannesburg on November 19, in a bid to boost trade between the two countries within the aerospace sector. →

R228m being spent on advanced air-traffic system

By: nkolola halwindi 3rd October 2003 With a possibility of a 100% increase in air traffic movement over the next ten years, it is imperative that industry participants tackle any shortcomings in the current air traffic control system with some urgency, believes Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) MD Dr Johan Van Vollenhoven. →

Boeing, CSIR cooperation is no ‘phantom’

By: Keith Campbell 3rd October 2003 SOUTH African scientists and engineers could find themselves working on aspects of advanced projects for the giant US aerospace group Boeing, as a result of discussions being held between Boeing’s research and development (R&D) arm, popularly known as the Phantom Works, and the CSIR, on... →

Cannon air-conditioning systems scheduled for February delivery

26th September 2003 The successful performance of the Booyco prototype air-conditioning system installed on the new LIW 35 DPG dual-purpose cannon, has resulted in specialist environmental control and air-conditioning engineering company Booyco Engineering receiving an order for four identical systems. →

Denel wins helmet-systems contract for Nato aircraft

26th September 2003 State-owned defence manufacturer Denel has secured two contracts from BAE Systems-Saab worth $10,5-million to produce advanced tracking helmet systems for Nato's newest aircraft, the Eurofighter-Typhoon, and for components for the Gripen helmet display system. →

Possible SA spin-offs from India’s aircraft purchase

By: Keith Campbell 19th September 2003 The recent selection by India of Hawk 100 advanced jet trainers could create links between the South African and Indian aviation industries. →

SA premier destination for global projects

8th September 2003 Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology Ben Ngubane says South Africa is continuing to position the region as a premier destination for globally significant, cutting-edge projects, especially in the field of Astronomy and research. →

Transport group gears up for R80bn investment

By: Deborah Spicer 5th September 2003 Transport parastatal Transnet announced at its yearly results last month that it will spend R10,5-billion for the financial year starting in April as part of its five-year R30-billion capital expenditure programme. →

First corvette set to install SA radar system

By: Jill Stanford 5th September 2003 STELLENBOSCH company Reutech Radar Systems (RRS) is putting the radar tracking system for the South African Navy’s first Patrol Corvette through its final stages of acceptance testing at the ORT test site in Bredasdorp, in the Western Cape. →

Grintek takes R30m knock on defence project

By: Terence Creamer 5th September 2003 South African defence and electronics firm Grintek has described a R30-million financial knock, relating to cost overruns and delivery delays on a R150-million project to supply airborne communications systems to a European client, as a wake-up call. →

UK defence order to benefit South Africa

By: Keith Campbell 29th August 2003 THE British government’s decision to order Hawk Mk 128 advanced trainers from BAE Systems means work for South African companies Denel Aviation and Aerospace Monitoring Systems (AMS). →

SA’s aircraft deal appears competitive

By: Keith Campbell 29th August 2003 Article compares price SA is paying for 28 Gripen and 24 Hawk with rpices Austria is paying for 18 Typhoon and UK for 44 Hawk. →

Commercialisation strategy key to offsetting funding crisis

By: Martin Zhuwakinyu 29th August 2003 Arms-procurement parastatal Armscor, which has been smarting from inadequate funding by the government for some time, has started commercialising some of its technology in a bid to boost its coffers. →

Defence offsets ahead of target

By: Martin Zhuwakinyu 29th August 2003 Foreign suppliers of defence equipment constituting South Africa’s Strategic Defence Package (SDP) have, since December 1999, concluded contracts with the local defence industry for local and export sales, investments and technology transfer valued at a total of R3,7-billion, assuming an... →

Materials take off in aerospace

By: Karel Smrcka 22nd August 2003 If land transport is one of the biggest users of materials, the aerospace industry is where they push materials to their limits. →

Grintek-Saab expand cooperation

21st August 2003 The aerospace and electronics joint venture between Centurion-based Grintek and Saab AB of Sweden has expanded with the launch of a new division, Grintek Integrated Defense Solutions (GrIDS). The new section is a systems integrator and software house that will specialise in developing, building... →

SAA mulls local engine shop

By: Zonika Botha 15th August 2003 Leading aircraft-engine manufacturer CFM International, a 50:50 joint venture company between General Electric of the US and Snecma Moteurs of France, has over 300 engines operating in various aircraft in Africa. →

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