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South Africa signs AW109 support deal

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South Africa has awarded AgustaWestland a new in-service support deal linked to its air force fleet of 30 AW109 light utility helicopters. "The annual contract includes the provision for it to be extended for up to five years," the Finmeccanica company said in a statement.

"Under the contract, AgustaWestland will be responsible for the delivery and provision of spares, support equipment [and] D-level maintenance, as well as component repair and overhaul services," the company says.


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Announced during the Africa Aerospace & Defence show staged near Pretoria from 19-23 September, the new arrangement will enhance aircraft availability and provide "through-life support cost savings to the customer," says Patrick Chabrat, AgustaWestland's head of regional sales.

South Africa's AW109 fleet was delivered between 2005 and 2009, as recorded in Flightglobal's Ascend Online Fleets database. Several of the aircraft were assembled by Denel.
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Written by Chris Szabo Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:01
altThe South African Special Forces Brigade specialises in the African environment and has two areas of main effort, one dealing with airborne and land operations, the other with waterborne work, concentrating on coastal areas, estuaries and riverine environments.

Sergeant Max Mbewu is member of 4 Special Forces Regiment, which is based in Langebaan in Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. Sergeant Mbewu is a trained Special Forces diver as well as a Special Forces Operator and when defenceWeb asked what could be learned on the three-month divers’ course, he said, “You learn to be cold!”

In the past, Special Forces did not exhibit at shows like Africa Aerospace and Defence held last week at Air Force Base Waterkloof, but now the secrecy has been somewhat relaxed. In this instance, the Special Forces exhibit included five boats, two Hornet Rapid Deployment Reconnaissance Vehicles (RDRVs) sniper rifles and other items. Sensitive equipment like special sniper telescopes, for instance, was removed.

The Special Forces use boats maximised for their operations. Sergeant Mbewu described the boats from the smallest one at the exhibition to the largest: “The kayak is for stealth, infiltrations behind enemy lines, manned by two men; the next one up is the inflatable, like a normal ‘rubber duck’, we normally use that one for small teams. Then we come to the Barracuda Mark I, that’s a rigid hull. That one we use for beach assaults, we can do beach landings because it’s got outboard motors because we can lift them up and they beach land it. It can also serve as a normal troop carrier.”

“There’s a similar boat that looks exactly like it but is a bit bigger, the Barracuda Mark II. We use it for the same purpose as the Mark I but we don’t beach land it because the outboard motors are electronically operated.”

Pointing to an inflatable Zodiac-type, Sergeant Mbewu introduced the next category of boats: “This is the Hurricane, it’s a ‘RIB’, Rigid Inflatable Boat, and it takes eight packs and eight troops on board. Also it can do beach assaults and long range infiltration of troops. It’s a bit bigger, it’s got 200 horsepower Yamaha motors. ”

As Special Forces often have to operate autonomously in the field, the ability to carry equipment and weapons is extremely important.

“This is the biggest operation boat that we have currently in the Regiment, the Wahoo; it can take 12 troops on board. The Wahoo is the name of a fish; we name most of our boats after fish. It’s got a maximum operational range of 600 nautical miles. We also launch the smaller craft using this one as a platform.” (The Wahoo is a game fish found in sub-tropical waters around the world, including South Africa’s eastern coast.)

The Special Forces Brigade is currently the only special operations force in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and is not part of the Army, Navy, Air Force or Medical Health Services. The Brigade comes directly under the command of Chief of Joint Operations (CJ OPS) and is made up of SF Headquarters in Pretoria, SF School at Murrayhill and SF Support Unit at Wallmansthal, both to the north of Pretoria, as well as the two operational regiments, 4 Regiment and 4 SF Regiment at Phalaborwa in Limpopo Province.
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Navistar Defence showcasing vehicles to SANDF

ImageSouth African Special Forces, Armscor and the CSIR viewed and tested a range of Navistar military vehicles at the Gerotek Vehicle Test Facilities outside Pretoria yesterday.

Dicky Commaneur, Vice President, Africa Region for Navistar Defence, told defenceWeb that the special forces were interested in the Special Operations Tactical Vehicle, which is being offered to the United States Special Operations Command as part of its Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 programme. South African special forces currently use the Hornet Rapid Deployment Reconnaissance Vehicle (RDRV).

The Special Operations Tactical Vehicle has been designed for maximum off-road speed and mobility in all environments and comes in three, five and seven-man variants. It can be transported inside a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

Another vehicle demonstrated was the Saratoga light weight, high mobility multipurpose vehicle. The 4x4 Saratoga weighs 14 800 lb and can carry a payload of 7 200 lb. It is available with metallic or composite add-on armour and is designed to withstand small arms fire, mine blasts and IEDs. Four passengers can be seated in the cabin, together with an optional gunner.

ImageThe Navistar-Tatra ATX-6 vehicle is being offered for the SANDF’s long-delayed Project Vistula, which seeks to acquire new supply and support vehicles. Vistula could involve at least 1 000 vehicles but could see as many as 5 or 6 000 vehicles in total: 2 000 8x8 units, 1 200 6x6 units and 1 800 4x4 units.

The 6x6 ATX-6 can carry a 17 ton payload and features a cabin that can be up-armoured. Curb weight is 26 700 lb. It was developed jointly with Czech company Tatra, which supplied the chassis and suspension systems (Navistar supplied the engine).

The vehicles, including the truck, were put through a punishing series of tests, including gradients up to 70%, vertical steps of between 30 and 50 cm, rocky off-road routes and concrete waves.

The vehicles were shipped out from the United States and demonstrated at the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition outside Pretoria last week. Commandeur said Navistar had had a ‘superb reaction’ from AAD and its products had attracted a lot of interest, but not just from the military but other sectors as well, such as anti-poaching, border surveillance etc.

Commandeur said that in Africa, Navistar was active in the commercial market, primarily supplying cab over truck heavy transport vehicles, with a heavy footprint in South Africa and growing into Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Around 12 000 commercial vehicles have been delivered to southern African and Navistar is working on improving is presence in Africa, with focus on East and West African countries.

With regard to defence, Commandeur said that Navistar was not yet present in this market in Africa, but would be ‘the new entrant’. Although there is great demand for military vehicles in Africa, funding remains a hurdle. However, Commandeur was optimistic about getting involved with military refurbishment and upgrading programmes.

ImageNavistar Defence also brought out an MRAP towing/recovery vehicle to South Africa. Approximately 300 MRAP recovery vehicles are in operation in Afghanistan with United States forces.
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South African defence industry ‘grabs global interest’

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The quality and diversity of South African defence products and services are receiving increasing levels of attention on the global stage, according to Riaz Saloojee, the Group Chief Executive of Denel. The company signed a wide variety of important agreements at the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition last week, covering land systems, missiles and aircraft.

Last week’s Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (AAD) in Tshwane was an opportunity to showcase the achievement of the local industry and expose its capabilities to global manufacturers.

More than 40 000 industry players visited the AAD 2012 during its three trade days, including official delegations from 31 countries.

Saloojee said the exhibition confirmed Denel’s position as the premier manufacturer of cutting-edge defence products and provider of security-related services on the African continent. “We made great strides in expanding business opportunities in both the aerospace and landward defence sectors in the market during the week.”

Denel Dynamics, the company in the group responsible for the development of advanced tactical missiles, announced a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi-based Tawazun Holdings. The new company, Tawazun Dynamics, will be responsible for the development, integration and manufacturing of precision-guided weapon systems to the air force of the United Arab Emirates and other international clients.

Denel Dynamics is also on track to start with the production of the A-Darter air-to-air missile, jointly developed with Brazil, within the next two years.

In the aerospace sector Denel signed partnership agreements with four of the world’s largest manufacturers of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The agreement with Italy-based Alenia Aermacchi will enable Denel Aerostructures to participate in future manufacturing and assembling of aeronautical structures and spare parts.

This follows closely on the signing of a renegotiated agreement with Airbus Military confirming Denel Aerostructures as the only top-tier supplier of parts, outside Europe, for the A400M airlifter.
Saloojee said Denel’s new strategic focus to position itself more prominently in the African market already paid dividends at AAD 2012. Denel Aviation signed agreements to be the preferred provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to aircraft manufactured by Russian Helicopter and Irkut Corporation as well as Ukraine-based Antonov.

This adds to earlier similar agreements with Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin. “We are now able to maintain and repair a large cross-section of defence and civilian aircraft flying on the continent, right here, in Africa. Our proximity and knowledge of local geography and environmental conditions make us the obvious partner of choice for northern hemisphere manufacturers,” said Saloojee.

Another growth market – the provision of humanitarian demining services – was strengthened with the release of the latest version of the CASSPIR mine-protected vehicle. Denel predicts that the upgraded Casspir NG2000 will be in great demand from multinational peacekeeping forces due to its ability to protect occupants against landmines, roadside bombs and automatic rifle fire.

Denel also announced a strengthening of its landward defence manufacturing capabilities through a partnership with Pamodzi Holdings to acquire LMT Holdings, a local manufacturer of armoured vehicles.

“The deals we confirmed at AAD also underlined Denel’s commitment to grow the local defence industry,” said Saloojee. “We are growing the participation of empowerment companies in the defence sector and bringing an increasing number of small- and medium sized companies into our supply chain and network of service providers,” he said.
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Final Gripens arrive in South Africa

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Written by Guy Martin Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:19
altThe final four Gripen C fighters destined for the South African Air Force have arrived in Cape Town and are making their way to their new home at AFB Makhado.

The four single seat fighters arrived at the docks in Table Bay Harbour on Saturday morning, having travelled by sea from Norrkoping in Sweden. They were transferred to the port on August 29 and loaded onto the cargo vessel Aarchangelgracht. Although previously handed over to South Africa, the final four single-seat aircraft were retained in Sweden to take part in the multinational Gripen exercise Lion Effort in May.

According to photographer Collin Scott, who witnessed the aircraft in transit, two of the Gripens were moved to Air Force Base Ysterplaat by road on September 23, and the other two on September 24.

After testing at Ysterplaat, they are scheduled to conduct a fly-over of Pretoria on Friday, no doubt for the changing of command ceremony of the head of the South African Air Force, before going to their new home at Air Force Base Makhado outside Louis Trichardt.

Apparently one of the Gripens transported on Monday developed a fault and will be held in storage, but it is unclear what the issue is.

South Africa purchased nine dual-seat (Gripen D) and seventeen single-seat aircraft from Saab of Sweden in 2008 as part of the Strategic Defence Procurement Package (aka ‘arms deal’). All nine dual-seat Gripen D aircraft have already been delivered, while 13 of the Gripen C have been delivered.

The first instrumented Gripen D was delivered in April 2008 and is based at the SAAF's Test flight and Development Centre near Bredasdorp in the southern Cape, together with a single-seat Gripen C. The balance of the aircraft is assigned to 2 Squadron at AFB Makhado.

Magnus Lewis-Olsson, President of Saab in South Africa, recently said that South Africa’s Gripens had been “delivered on time and on budget, exactly as the customer wanted.”

Lewis-Olsson also noted that the joint South African/Brazilian A-Darter air-to-air missile has been integrated onto the Gripen, as has the Digital Joint Reconnaissance Pod. The reconnaissance pod is optimised for use at low and medium altitudes.

The Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) system for the Gripen has also been integrated and all systems have been delivered. The A-Darter missile is also compatible with the HMD.
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Près de la moitié de la flotte sud-africaine de Gripen en stockage longue durée

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12 Gripen sur les 26 (17 Gripen C monoplace et 9 D bi-places) que compte l'Afrique du Sud ont été placés en stockage de longue durée du fait de l'absence de budget pour les faire voler c'est ce qu'a annoncé le ministre de la défense Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
les problèmes ne s’arrêtent pas là puisqu'en 2010/2011 les heures de vol par équipage sont passées de 224h/an à 110h/an. En 2011/2012 les objectifs étaient de 250h sauf qu'en ce moment l'air force ne peut rassembler que 6 pilotes qualifiés sur Gripen a avoir 150h de vol/an.
Helmoed-Römer Heitman un analyste de défense fait remarquer que chez l'OTAN les exigences sont de 240h de vol/an pour qu'un pilote reste qualifié.
l'avenir ne risque pas de s’améliorer puisque le prochain budget de la défense 2013/14 ne sera que de 40 milliards de Rand, en augmentation que de 1.8 milliards de Rand (180 millions $) par rapport a celui de cette année, chose qui ne sera pas suffisante pour remédier au problème.
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Denel opens Africa’s first Russian helicopter maintenance facility

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Denel Aviation and Russian Helicopters yesterday opened the first servicing and repair facility for Russian helicopters on the African continent, during a ceremony at Denel Aviation’s facility in Kempton Park.

Denel Aviation is now the only company accredited to perform maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work on Russian helicopters in Africa. Mike Kgobe, CEO of Denel Aviation, told defenceWeb that his company currently offers MRO services for Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters but services will in the future be extended to other helicopter models as dictated by market requirements.

During the ceremony yesterday evening, Denel Aviation unveiled an Mi-8T operated by Advanced Aviation Logistics SA, which is the launch customer for Denel’s new MRO services. The aircraft arrived in Kempton Park on March 24 and is scheduled to depart in the next week or so. Kgobe told defenceWeb that a number of operators have expressed interest in the MRO facility, with “two to three” close to being turned into options.

Denel and Russian Helicopters have already conducted joint road shows to market their collective capabilities and received positive feedback from operators in countries such as Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda who will most likely send their helicopters to Kempton Park for MRO services in the future, Denel said.

Kgobe noted that there are between 200 and 300 Russian helicopters flying in Sub-Saharan Africa and that Denel Aviation hoped to receive business from many of these operators. At the moment there are an estimated 350 Russian Helicopters rotorcraft flying in Africa. The total Russian-made helicopter fleet in Africa stands at around 600, comprising mainly Mi-8/17 and Ka-32 models.

“Such fleet maintenance requires the organization of a state-of-the-art service support system in the region”, said Dmitri Petrov, CEO of Russian Helicopters. “The MRO facility establishment by Denel Aviation became a big step in this direction. A large regional centre is to be based on the venture’s facilities and to subsequently perform after-sale and service maintenance of all the Russian Helicopters products in the sub-Saharan region.”

Denel began discussing the establishment of the MRO facility in 2009 and formally registered the project in October 2011. During Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) in September last year, Denel Aviation and Oboronprom (Russian Helicopters is an Oboronprom subsidiary) signed a partnership agreement, which was followed by Denel sending employees to Novosibirsk. Four certified maintenance technicians recently returned to South Africa. Ground support equipment arrived from Russia on March 8.

The Group Chief Executive of Denel, Riaz Saloojee, said he expected the partnership to grow and expand into other areas which might include the joint marketing of products and services on the continent as Denel expands its footprint and diversifies its revenue streams. Africa currently constitutes 27% of Denel total export sales of R1.33 billion.

Saloojee added that he was delighted to launch the Russian Helicopters MRO centre at a time that South Africa is hosting the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Durban. He said the defence seminar held on Monday before the summit would be the catalyst for many more opportunities to follow.

“Through the Brics alliance we see the prospects of new market opportunities opening up for Denel to confirm our position as a proudly African defence company that can also be a significant player on the global stage,” said the Chairman of the Denel Board, Zoli Kunene.

Denel Aviation is also an accredited service centre for Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin aircraft, including the C-130 Hercules. Kgobe told defenceWeb he was not allowed to say which countries have their C-130s with Denel Aviation but said that several nations have sent their C-130s to South Africa for maintenance and checks. “There is activity,” on the C-130 front, he said.

Denel Aviation has for the last several years been in discussions with Russian manufacturer Antonov regarding marketing its aircraft in Africa and establishing an MRO centre on the continent. However, Kgobe told defenceWeb that the partnership with Antonov has been paused for now as the majority of Antonov aircraft in Africa are not flying. After conducting a detailed analysis, Kgobe said that this initiative will be reviewed later.

With regard to the cancellation of the Aero Manpower Group contract with the South African Air Force, Kgobe said it was a “blow” from a revenue point. He noted that the SAAF has retained enough capacity to continue maintaining its aircraft. The contract ends on March 31.
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