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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Sam 18 Fév 2012 - 21:06
zapbox a écrit:
si vous etes aussi bon que ca, fallait faire votre propre helicoptere au lieu d'acheter la licence a-129
Comme dit Inanç, il ne faut pas brûler les étapes. Le T-129 reste un produit Turc. Bref, on parle de l'armée Sud-Africaine.
On a pas acheté la licence du A-129, on a développer le T-129 à partir du A-129.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Dim 19 Fév 2012 - 13:09
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si vous etes aussi bon que ca, fallait faire votre propre helicoptere au lieu d'acheter la licence a-129
On a pas acheté la licence du A-129, on a développer le T-129 à partir du A-129.
Oui vous avez mis un T a la place du A
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 23 Fév 2012 - 9:46
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OPV pour l'Afrique du Sud: rien à l'horizon avant 2014-2015
Voici une info qui ne devrait pas réjouir DCNS et son partenaire sud-africain KND dont j'avais annoncé, le 6 septembre dernier, l'alliance dans le cadre du Project Biro sud-africain. Ce projet prévoit d'équiper la marine de 3 patrouilleurs hauturiers (des OPV, offshore patrol vessels), de 6 patrouilleurs côtiers (inshore patrol vessels), de 2 navires de soutien et de 3 navires de transport (strategic sealift and sustainment vessels). Le gouvernement sud-africain avait annoncé, début 2011, qu'il entendait booster le budget « équipement » de la marine en l'augmentant de 52,3 % à compter d'avril 2013. Le projet de loi de finances qui vient de sortir reporte le projet à l'horizon 2014-2015 et ne prévoit plus qu'une rallonge de 49,6%. L'Afrique du Sud, qui fait partie des BRICS, manque de moyens pour financer l'équipement de sa marine et de son armée de terre en particulier.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 23 Fév 2012 - 9:58
C'est tout à fait normal, C'est une marine qui a du mal à maintenir le seuil critique du taux de diponibilité en mer de sa flotte, alors comment il pensera à dépenser autant d'argent pour achat de d'autres unités ... Ils ont déjà annoncer que la situation pourra changer en 2012, mais il semble qu'il faut attendre encore quelques années.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Ven 24 Fév 2012 - 12:04
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Navantia and Veercraft Marine sign MoU on Patrol Vessel Projects for South African Navy
Navantia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Veercraft Marine, the shipbuilding company located in South Africa, in which both parties wish to collaborate with regards to the construction of Offshore Patrol Vessels and Inshore Patrol Vessels for the South Africa Navy, in relation with BIRO Project.
The objective of both companies is to identify and pursue possible business opportunities for the construction of OPV’s and IPV’s for the South African Navy and jointly make the necessary efforts for the award of the BIRO Project.
This MoU reflects the interest of Navantia in cooperating with the South African Navy, offering the most technologically advanced designs in close collaboration with the local industry.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mer 29 Fév 2012 - 20:43
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South Africa increases defence budget South Africa's defence budget for the financial year 2012-13 (FY12-13) has been increased by 10 per cent to ZAR37.5 billion (USD5 billion) from ZAR34.07 ... 28-Feb-2012
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mer 29 Fév 2012 - 21:03
je pense pas que c'est suffisant, le strict minimum serait d'atteindre 2% du PIB ( min défini par la BM ) ... Or avec ces 10% on a pas encore atteint les 1.2 ou 1.3% ... ce qui veut dire, que la situation des armées et la marine surtout ne va pas trop changer ...
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 29 Mar 2012 - 9:41
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Navy supports new maritime patrol aircraft
The South African Navy has expressed strong support for the Air Force to acquire new maritime patrol aircraft, with the Navy chief pledging its commitment to Project Saucepan to acquire new aircraft.
The South African Air Force has been without a purpose-built maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) since the last of the elderly Avro Shackleton aircraft were retired in 1984. The task of patrolling the seas around South Africa was taken over by converting World War Two-vintage C-47 Dakota transport aircraft for maritime surveillance duties. Inshore patrol of the coastline was performed by the P166S Albatross until the latter were retired as a cost-cutting measure in 1993.
Since then, the Dakotas, operated by 35 Squadron in Cape Town, have been upgraded with turboprop engines and rudimentary radio, radar and surveillance equipment, but they are still hopelessly out-dated when compared to modern maritime patrol aircraft equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and longer range.
The threat of piracy in the waters of the Southern African Development Community has resulted in the Air Force giving greater urgency to its maritime patrol aircraft acquisition program, known as Project Saucepan.
The South African Navy, with the aid and support of Mozambique, has maintained an anti-piracy patrol in the Mozambique Channel since early 2011, under Operation Copper. The naval presence generally consists of a frigate supported by a C-47TP Dakota maritime surveillance aircraft of the South African Air Force. The Air Force also supplies a Super Lynx helicopter that operates from the frigate.
The area covered by Operation Copper is over 66 000 square nautical miles. While the frigate can only cover a very limited area at any one time, the use of the Super Lynx can extend the area under surveillance ten-fold.
Rear Admiral (JG) “Bravo” Mhlana, Director Fleet Force Preparation of the SA Navy, explained last week that, with an endurance of up to four hours, the maritime patrol Dakota directed by a land-based Air Component Commander, dramatically extended the area under surveillance for Operation Copper.
“It is a joint effort,” Mhlana said. “This whole exercise becomes intelligence driven and when we get that intelligence, it is then when we try and make cost-effective use of what we have, mostly based on the availability of maritime patrol aircraft”.
“The maritime patrol aircraft that was provided to us for this operation was of great value and it managed to provide us with vital information. We’ve used (the Dakota) mostly in areas where we felt that or received information that there is an activity taking place and thereafter we will focus in those areas,” Mhlana continued.
Mhlana stated that the Navy, “got value for the maritime patrol aircraft that was there and we used it to the best of our advantage and abilities.”
In response to a question by defenceWeb, Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Refiloe Mudimo, mentioned that Phase Two of the Maritime Security Strategy would introduce the Maritime Patrol Aircraft as an additional source to the information compiled by the newly established Maritime Domain Awareness Centres. These Centres keep track of shipping and maritime security matters around the South African coast.
defenceWeb reported in May last year that that Chief of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano, said the burning need was for airborne sensors. “We have a gap there we have to fill very quickly.” This is why Saucepan is “so important” and “will make such a big difference”.
Project Saucepan does not only relate to the acquisition of maritime patrol aircraft, but also addresses the urgent need to renew the air transport fleet. Senior officers in the Air Force have spoken of acquiring one aircraft type that can be used for both transport and maritime tasks. However, the Air Force has more recently spoken of acquiring smaller and thus cheaper aircraft, comparable in size to the Beechcraft King Air 350, which is already in use by other air arms in a similar role.
The Air Force’s budget is expected to increase in 2013/14 to take Project Saucepan costs into account.
Gagiano also stated that the new patrol aircraft would be based at various locations around the coast and not just at Air Force Base Ysterplaat in Cape Town, as is presently the case.
With increasing instances of illegal fishing in South African waters and piracy threatening to extend down the east coast, it is not just the Air Force that is pushing for new patrol aircraft. Mudimo backed the acquisition by saying that, “the South African Navy highly supports Project Saucepan because it is going to assist us in terms of fighting maritime crime at sea.”
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mar 3 Avr 2012 - 14:48
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First time for the South African participation in Lion Effort
South Africa became the first export customer for the Gripen system in late 1998. The final four aircraft - already handed over but retained in Sweden for participation in Lion Effort - will be transported to South Africa later this year, while the South African Air Force is building up towards full operational status. Already, though, the Gripens have undertaken a number of important operational tasks, including air policing during the 2010 World Cup.
In November 1998 South Africa announced a major defence equipment package that initially included 28 Gripen aircraft and 24 BAE Systems Hawk advanced trainers. Following signature in 1999, the contract was revised in 2005 to cover 17 Gripen C single-seaters and nine Gripen D two-seaters to replace the SAAF’s Cheetah aircraft. South African aircraft differ from Swedish machines in several respects, and have avionics and equipment customised to meet national requirements.
Participating in an exercise deployment of this kind is the first time for the South African Air Force, which has four Gripens here for Lion Effort. Photo: Peter Liander
On 11 November 2005 the first aircraft for South Africa, a two-seater, made its first flight at Saab’s Linköping plant, with Charl Coetzee and Magnus Lewis-Olsson at the controls. Following tests in Sweden, this aircraft arrived in South Africa on 17 July 2006. This machine is fully instrumented for developmental test and evaluation work under the auspices of Saab, and was assigned to the SAAF’s Test Flight and Development Centre (TFDC).
Subsequent deliveries have gone to the operational unit, No. 2 Squadron at AFB Makhado, which currently has 13 Gripen Cs and eight Gripen Ds. Aircraft are first handed over by Saab to the SAAF in Sweden, and then shipped by sea from Norrköping to Cape Town. They are then flown from Ysterplaat AFB to their final destination. The first single-seat Gripen C arrived by this method in February 2010. Sufficient Gripens had arrived in time to participate in the major security operation – including airspace protection - surrounding the FIFA World Cup.
Currently South African Gripens use the IRIS-T missile as their primary air-to-air weapon, but are scheduled to receive the Denel A-Darter. On 17 June 2010 the TFDC-based Gripen undertook the first trial firing of this weapon, which is being developed jointly by South Africa and Brazil.
To answer the SAAF’s reconnaissance requirements, the Thales DJRP (digital joint reconnaissance pod) has been selected. The first pod was delivered to Saab for installation and integration on one of the South African Gripens that had yet to be shipped to South Africa, and began flight tests in Sweden before the end of the year. The first pod is now undergoing further trials at TFDC, and No. 2 Squadron expects to receive the equipment in June this year.
South Africa also became the first Gripen nation to begin using the Cobra helmet-mounted display, with the delivery of the first units to the squadron last September.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 12 Avr 2012 - 9:47
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Un sous-marin sud-africain indisponible depuis 2007
Un des 3 sous-marins achetés par l’Afrique du Sud, a passé plus de 3 ans au sec. Il devrait y rester encore pendant plusieurs mois pendant que la marine sud-africaine attend de nouvelles batteries.
Le SAS Manthatisi, admis au service actif en novembre 2005 et livré à la marine sud-africaine en avril 2006, a été mis au sec en 2007 et, selon le ministre sud-africaine de la défense Lindiwe Sisulu, a été maintenu “en réserve” depuis octobre de cette année-là.
Au total, le sous-marin aura passé 18 mois en activité et plus de 41 mois indisponible.
Le ministre Sisulu a récemment révélé que le sous-marin passerait encore plusieurs mois au sec, puisque ses nouvelles batteries ont été commandées mais ne seront livrées que « plus tard cette année ».
Le directeur de la stratégie maritime de la marine, le contre-amiral Bernhard Teuteberg, avait déclaré devant la commission de la défense — en novembre 2010 — qu’il était improbable que le SAS Manthatisi soit remis à l’eau avant 2013.
Sisulu a expliqué que le sous-marin était « utilisé comme plateforme pour la formation et pour la planification de la maintenance, des réparations et des modernisations ».
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 3 Mai 2012 - 14:28
Overberg Air Show 2012
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Sam 5 Mai 2012 - 0:29
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Lun 14 Mai 2012 - 9:45
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Last four Gripens to arrive in South Africa in September
The South African Air Force’s (SAAF’s) last four Gripens, currently in Sweden, will be delivered in August/September this year. They participated in Exercise Lion Effort in March/April and will take part in a Swedish air show later this month.
According to SAAF Colonel J C J Butler, Senior Staff Officer Combat Operations, the final four Gripens Cs will arrive in South Africa at the end of August or early September. They are currently being modified to the latest build standard, Block 4.
The SAAF will display a Gripen at the second Aerospace Forum Sweden, which will be held in Linkoping between May 31 and June 3. A Gripen, crewed by a SAAF pilot, is scheduled to fly during the public air show on June 3.
Chief of the South African Air Force, Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano will be present at the Aerospace Forum as a guest, but has been invited to speak on South African experiences in maintaining regional stability and security from an aerospace perspective. Gagiano has been asked to articulate how South Africa integrates air power in its foreign and security policy to contribute to regional stability.
Colonel Butler said that during Lion Effort, which was held between March 27 and April 4, the South African contingent’s performance was on a part with that of the other participants and in some cases even better. South African pilots ‘shot down’ nine other Gripens for the ‘loss’ of one during simulated combat during Lion Effort.
Lion Effort is a tactical exercise designed to enhance interoperability between Gripen user countries. The four Gripens (of 26 on order) flew alongside 30 other Gripens from Sweden, Hungary and the Czech Republic (Thailand just sent observers). The South African contingent consisted of 29 members from 2 Squadron at AFB Makhado (including eight pilots) and eleven support staff, who arrived in Sweden on March 25.
The exercise was held at F17 air base in Ronneby, with some flights taking place over the Baltic Sea. Familiarisation flights started on March 28, while the main combat portion of the exercise took place between April 1 and 4, with two waves of Gripens launching every day. In total, SAAF Gripens flew approximately 40 hours during Lion Effort 2012.
The penultimate shipment of four single-seat Gripen Cs arrived in Cape Town on October 8 last year. Six Gripens took part in the Air Force’s Air Capability Demonstration at Roodewal bombing range yesterday, dropping 250 kg bombs and providing close air support for other aircraft during the exercise.
Source: defenceWeb
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mar 29 Mai 2012 - 8:14
Le groupe Jeanne d'Arc a mené plusieurs exercices avec la SAN avec la participation de plusieurs unités SudAf. En effet, les frégates Amatola et Georges Leygues ont escorté le BPC Dixmude dabs le but de la protéger d'une attaque du SM Queen Modjadji ..
SM Queen Modjadji
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Hélicopter Oryx et Lynx à bord du BPC Dixmude
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mer 30 Mai 2012 - 18:37
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Cytoon Tactical Intelligence System Handed to South African Army
The South African Army yesterday afternoon officially received its new tactical intelligence system acquired over the last several years under Project Cytoon.
The SA Army Tactical Intelligence Corps last year began operational testing and evaluation of the system that was project managed by Thales South Africa. A company spokesman last July said testing had begun in August 2010 and was by September “going fairly well.”
Project Cytoon will see the gain 14 Thales Squire ground surveillance radars, 65 Thales Sophie thermal imagers, processors and communications equipment as part of a battlefield surveillance and mobile intelligence processing system. “Thales has teamed up with various local and international partners whose products have also been integrated,” the company said at the Africa Aerospace & Defence exhibition in Cape Town in September. “The system has been designed to address the exclusive intelligence requirements of the SANDF, and in doing so established a unique state of the art intelligence gathering system. Project Cytoon has been completed and is ready for commissioning into the SANDF. Operational field tests are being conducted at this moment where-after the SANDF will receive the system. The system will be complemented soon with the delivery of a training system to support the specific training needs of the South African Army Intelligence Formation.”
The cost of the programme is not in the public domain but was at least R137 246 961.00* by July last year.
Battlefield surveillance radars are used to detect and classify moving ground targets, typically up to 20km to 30km. Additionally, they assist artillery and mortar units by giving feedback on shell impact. Besides battlefield use, these radars can also be deployed in peacetime to safeguard high-value area assets such as oilfields, power stations and grids, as well as other important potential targets for terrorist or criminal acts.
Battlefield surveillance radars also assist in counter-drug operations and monitoring illegal border crossings. As an example, the Thales Squire man-portable system, which was ordered for Cytoon, can plot a pedestrian at 10km, a vehicle at 21km, a tank at 28km, a helicopter at 21km, a boat at 12km and a ship at 48km, Thales avers. Because it uses a frequency modulated continuous wave Doppler radar, the Squire is also virtually undetectable to hostile electronic warfare experts, it adds.
Thermal imagers detect radiation in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Since most objects emit such radiation, thermal imagers allow their users to "see" their surroundings with or without visible light. The warmer the object, the brighter the object appears in the imager. Humans, with an internal body temperature of 37 degrees Celsius tend to stand out against their surroundings, which are mostly cooler. This also allows thermal imagers to spot camouflaged targets. Many modern thermal imagers include an eye-safe laser rangefinder and pointer, a compass, GPS and digital camera. The Thales Sophie can spot humans at over 4km, tanks at 10km, helicopters at 12km and jet fighters at 16km, Thales says.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Ven 1 Juin 2012 - 11:53
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South Africa puts out call for OPV design
The South African Navy (SAN) has confirmed that it will be building new Offshore Patrol Vessels, having requested options from the international defence industry.
The programme, known as Project Biro, released a Request for Information in 2011 and is expected to issue a Request for Quotations before the end of 2012. It includes plans to also acquire Inshore Patrol Vessels.
Recent reports suggest that the final roll out will consist of eight OPVs and six IPVs, replacing the current three T-Craft IPVs and three remaining strike vessels. In a nod to modernisation efforts, the new OPVs are expected to carry Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.
Taking the same approach as other BRICs countries undergoing modernisation and expansion at this time, the ships will be built indigenously, ensuring that the South African economy benefits directly from the project and that the ability to upgrade the vessels over the coming 30 to 40 years exists on home soil.
According to defenceWeb, Rear Admiral Bernhard Teuteberg, the Chief Director of Maritime Strategy emphasised the importance of building not just the ships but the very culture of shipbuilding and maintenance on a domestic level, of which it already has much experience.
“One of the reasons is that only 20 per cent of the cost of an OPV is acquisition,” said Teuteberg.
“Eighty per cent goes into the life-cycle of that vessel. We have to ensure that we have the ability in South Africa, to maintain, redevelop if necessary, where necessary, [and] in time.”
The Navy will likely be prioritising flexibility and modularity when making its decision on the contract being that it will continue to augment and refit the same platforms for several decades.
Of the companies who have sought involvement in Project Biro, several signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2011 to pitch their vessels for consideration, including DCNS and KND partnering for the French Gowind-class, Veercraft Marine and Navantia for the Avante-class, and a project for the joint powers of Damen and Lurssen Werft. Def-QI
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Ven 15 Juin 2012 - 15:18
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Final Rooivalk to be delivered to SAAF in August The last of eleven upgraded Rooivalk attack helicopters will be delivered to the South African Air Force at the end of August, while two will be delivered at the end of this month.
Denel today said that two more Rooivalks were recently handed over to the South African Air Force (SAAF), bringing the total of upgraded combat support helicopters that can be operationally deployed to eight.
Mike Kgobe, CEO of Denel Aviation, said all the delivered aircraft have been upgraded to the required deployment baseline as determined by Cabinet.
Kgobe said that Denel Aviation was receiving excellent feedback from the SAAF, especially from 16 Squadron at Air Force Base Bloemspruit, where the first batch of helicopters has now been flying continuously for more than a year.
The aircraft have already been deployed in joint military exercises conducted by the SANDF and have proven their value in a combat support role, the company said in a statement. On May 10 Rooivalks took part in the SAAF’s biennial Air Capability Demonstration, which was followed shortly after by Exercise Savannah Thunder, a combat search and rescue and humanitarian support exercise. “The Rooivalk is flying on a daily basis and both Denel Aviation and the SAAF are very satisfied with its performance,” said Kgobe.
At the Air Force Day Parade earlier this year, the Chief of the SAAF, Lieutenant Gen Carlo Gagiano said the Rooivalk “is a system we cannot be without.” If the Air Force is called on to perform peace-keeping operations the Rooivalk is “the first aircraft I would send,” he said.
“This is a product that the South African public can be proud of – locally designed, locally manufactured and already successfully deployed by the Air force,” said Kgobe.
Dewald Steyn, the project manager: Rooivalk, at Denel Aviation said the performance of the aircraft is being closely monitored and evaluated from a design and development perspective. According to Denel, the helicopter has exceeded expectations and no major maintenance or repair work has thus far been required
As design authority and original equipment manufacturer Denel Aviation is responsible to ensure that the Rooivalk remains fully operational throughout its assigned life. The company is continuing with the upgrading of the final three of the 11 aircraft in the Rooivalk fleet. At the same time design and development work has already started on upgraded versions of the helicopter – as part of the company’s “post-1F programme.”
The objective is to fit the Rooivalk with extended and long-range fuel tanks that will significantly increase its range of operations enabling the SAAF to deploy the helicopter over longer distances, said Steyn.
The first six Rooivalk Mk 1F helicopters were ceremonially handed over the Air Force on April 1 last year after 130 modifications to each aircraft. A major feature of the work is upgrading the sighting system on the Rooivalk for improved reliability.
The upgrade programme includes the significant remanufacturing of certain gearbox mounting components that were found to be out of specification on a number of aircraft and had caused problems in the past.
The troublesome F2 20mm cannon has also reportedly been cured of overheating and reliability problems. Although the Rooivalk is cleared to carry the Denel Dyamics Mokopa precision-guided missile, the SAAF has yet to buy any of the missiles and for the moment the attack helicopter is armed with a chin-mounted 20 mm turreted cannon and under-wing pods firing Forge Zeebrugge 70 mm unguided rockets.
However, Rheinmetall Denel, which manufactures components for the Mokopa, says there are some development issues still being worked out on the missile but that it is very confident of an order at some stage in the future.
Although the Rooivalks could fly before the upgrades, they were not truly operational and could not be deployed, for example, to support United Nations peacekeeping operations.
The Rooivalk project started its design phase in 1984 and had its first flight in April 1990. A dozen were manufactured for the Air Force, but one was written off in a crash several years ago.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mer 4 Juil 2012 - 14:10
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Nouvelles flottes d'avions et navires http://m.afriquinfos.com/noticia.asp?id=205668
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 19 Juil 2012 - 9:38
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No pilot school for Overberg: defence
There will not be a Gripen fighter weapon school at Air Force Base Overberg in the Western Cape, the defence department said on Wednesday.
18 July 2012 | Sapa
JOHANNESBURG - "The SA National Defence Force notes with concern the insinuations [that it will] partner with Saab to establish [the school]," department spokesman Siphiwe Dlamini said in a statement.
"We would like to place on record that there has never been any discussion between Saab and the SANDF."
Last week, defence and security company Saab announced on its group website that it was investing in an advanced training centre for experienced fighter pilots at Air Force Base Overberg.
Dlamini said the report that the school would be established in Overberg was "devoid of truth".
"The Air Force Base Overberg is a sensitive security establishment of the SANDF and will remain solely in the hands of the SANDF," he said.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 16 Aoû 2012 - 21:31
Bonjour je tiens à que cette video soit sur ce topic, ca va rappeller la junte et bouzabal de la nature de l'afrique du sud, en soi c'est de la meme trompe un régime tueurs.
La police de rustenburg tire à balle réelle sur des mineurs qui fesait la grève 16/08/2012
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mar 4 Sep 2012 - 13:05
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Not one of the R8 billion arms deal submarines is operational
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SA Navy submarines in the dry dock at Simon's Town Naval Base. S102, rear, is in for routine maintenance, while S103, front, apparently hit the ocean floor, hence the protective blue plastic hiding it from sight.
South Africa's fleet of attack submarines, which cost an estimated R8-billion in the infamous arms deal, are all in dry dock after the only operational vessel crashed into the seabed.
The SAS Queen Modjadji, named after South Africa's rain queen who lived in Limpopo, struck the ocean floor while conducting training exercises between Port Elizabeth and Durban last week.
The Sunday Times photographed the German-built submarine undergoing repairs in Simon's Town this week.
And yesterday the SA Navy acknowledged she had been damaged during a "training exercise".
This means that all three submarines - meant to police the oceans - are presently undergoing repairs and maintenance.
The SAS Manthatisi, the first of the country's submarines acquired in the multibillion-rand arms deal, has been in the dry dock since 2007 after a series of mishaps, including crashing into a quay and damaging her steering mechanism.
Then a power cable was incorrectly plugged into her shore power-supply system, causing damage. The vessel's propulsion batteries, which cost R35-million, are being replaced.
The SAS Charlotte Maxeke is also busy with "routine maintenance", according to navy chief director maritime strategy Rear Admiral Bernhard Teuteberg.
Now a full navy board of inquiry has been appointed to investigate what happened to the Queen Modjadji.
The submarine was the only one of the country's three hi-tech submarines operational at sea when she was damaged.
Teuteberg said: "We did a proper technical investigation and now we have convened a board of inquiry to look at all the procedures to see whether there is something we can learn from this.
"As soon as that is completed, we will adapt our procedures of conducting this specific set of safety drills."
He downplayed the latest incident, and insisted the submarine could be back in the water "within days".
However, he said repair work to the vessel's nose would be completed later in the month.
The accident is the latest in a string of submarine incidents over the past two years and comes three months after the Queen Modjadji welcomed a new commander, Commander Handsome Thamsanqa Matsane.
The fleet of submarines cost over R6-billion - rising to R8-billion in interest costs - and cost tens of millions every year to maintain and operate.
This week, the Sunday Times established that:
The accident took place during a safety drill involving the Queen Modjadji's hydraulic system;
The vessel's outer hull, about 7.8mm thick, suffered a serious dent on impact with the seabed;
She surfaced after impact and continued sailing to Durban, where she was checked by a team of divers; and
Afterwards, the submarine returned to Cape Town and was taken out of the water and inspected by senior officials.
Teuteberg said he flew to Simon's Town naval base to inspect the damaged submarine.
"I personally went down from Pretoria to Simon's Town to go and have a look at the submarine and speak to the crew.
"When I initially heard about [the accident], I thought, 'Hell, this must have been a bump' ... I spoke to the captain and the officers. Some of them said they didn't even notice the bump."
The vessel's black boxes - which keep a record of her movements and functioning of her equipment - would help determine the cause of the incident, he said.
However, defence experts yesterday said the accident raised serious concerns.
Parliament defence portfolio committee member David Maynier said: "A full board of inquiry will have to be convened to determine what went wrong and recommend ways to prevent a similar incident in the future. There can be absolutely no compromise when it comes to submarine safety."
South Africa purchased four frigates, three submarines, helicopters, jet training aircraft and Gripen fighter jets in a Strategic Defence Procurement Process that, in 1999, came with an estimated price tag of R30-billion. That figure has since ballooned to an estimated R70-billion, taking financing costs into account.
President Jacob Zuma established a commission of inquiry into the arms deal in September last year to probe allegations of fraud, corruption and impropriety.
Arms deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne said the incident was further proof of the folly of the arms deal. "South Africa has not yet paid for these submarines. They are being financed by Commerzbank until 2016, these loans being underwritten by Hermes and German taxpayers," he said.
Former ANC MP and author Andrew Feinstein, who has written extensively about the international arms trade, said the latest submarine incident raised familiar questions about the logic behind South Africa's arm deal.
"This is another example of what happens in arms deals all the time, but it seems to be happening more than most in our deals. We were sold equipment that seems to be of dubious quality, we were sold it at inflated prices because of the bribes that were paid, and the performance of this equipment across the board has been, to put it politely, very poor," said Feinstein.
He said submarine manufacturer Ferrostaal was under fire for corrupt dealings with Greece and Portugal, whose own arms deals contributed to the current European fiscal crisis: "This [South Africa's submarine deal] is a déjà-vu situation with Portugal and Greece.
"South Africans need to ask ourselves, especially with the arms deal commission of inquiry: was this an appropriate use of our money, given this latest disaster with the submarines?
"Do South Africans who don't have enough to eat today, nor adequate shelter, healthcare or education, believe that this was an appropriate way to spend R70-billion?"
Hawks boss Anwar Dramat last year rejected calls to probe Ferrostaal, a member of the German submarine consortium that supplied the three submarines to South Africa. The company was implicated in making questionable payments to South African "consultants" involved in the arms deal.
Teuteberg said in 2007 that it would cost the navy over R34-million a year to operate its fleet of submarines - R7.8-million each.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mar 4 Sep 2012 - 15:59
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Final Gripen fighters to be delivered in September
The final four Gripen fighter jets purchased by South Africa are being prepared for arrival in South African in mid-September.
South Africa purchased nine dual-seat and seventeen single-seat aircraft from Sweden in 2008 as part of the strategic defence equipment package. All nine dual-seat Gripen D aircraft have already been delivered, while 13 of the Gripen C have been delivered.
Armscor, the South African arms procurement agency, is responsible for the delivery of the aircraft to South Africa once they have been handed over by the aircraft manufacturer, SAAB, in Sweden.
The final four single-seat aircraft were retained in Sweden to take part in Exercise Lion Effort in May. This was a major international exercise in which all major Gripen operators participated, including South Africa.
The final batch of aircraft, commencing with Gripen C 3126, was towed by road from Kungsängens airport to the port of Norrköping on August 29.
The aircraft will be loaded aboard the cargo vessel Aarchangelgracht (registered in Amsterdam) at the port of Norrkoping. The ship is due to arrive in Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town in mid-September, from where they aircraft will be towed to the nearby Ysterplaat air force base. They will be made ready for flight at the air force base prior to departing for AFB Makhado in the Limpopo province.
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.
The Gripen and other military aircraft are expected to wow the public at the international Africa Aerospace and Defence air show taking place at AFB Waterkloof on 22 and 23 September.
www.defenceweb.co.za
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Brazil offers retired Hercules transports to South Africa Brazil has offered four surplus Lockheed Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft to the South African Air Force.
The unsolicited offer, directed by the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) to the SAAF in July this year, comprises threeC-130E and one SC-130E Hercules aircraft.
The SAAF took delivery of seven new C-130B Hercules in 1963, of which six remain in use. Three ex-US Navy C-130F aircraft were acquired in 1996, with a further two ex-US Air Force C-130Bs delivered in 1998, all under the United States Excess Defense Articles Program.
The F models were retired shortly after delivery, but the nine C-130B Hercules were upgraded and modernised between 1996 to 2009 to the C-130BZ configuration, incorporating a modern glass cockpit.
The C-130E model is essentially an extended range version of the C-130B. A 1,360 US gal (5,150 L) external fuel tank is installed under each wing, together with structural improvements and a higher gross weight.
Brazil acquired eight C-130Es between 1964 and 1968, followed by three SC-130E models in 1969. The SC-130E is a Search and Rescue (SAR) version of the C-130E, featuring additional crew posts and two large observation windows.
The SAAF is struggling to meet its transportation commitments and the Hercules fleet is being stretched by financial and maintenance issues. Only a handful are believed to be in service, with at least two out of service, awaiting repair.
South Africa withdrew from the Airbus Military A400M programme in 2009 when the order for eight of the European strategic military transport and tanker aircraft was cancelled. The existing C-130BZs are projected to keep flying until 2020, but the Air Force has yet to issue a request for information (RFI) or a request for proposals (RFP) for replacements.
The Air Force is currently seeking maritime patrol and medium transport aircraft as part of Project Saucepan.
The Brazilian offer includes two C-130E models in airworthy condition, having last flown in July and November 2011. A further C-130E, which last flew in 2007, has no engines, propellers and various other components, whilst the single SC-130E last flew in April 2010 and is also missing its engines, propellers and Auxiliary Power Unit (APU).
The addition of the Brazilian aircraft would certainly come in useful for the SAAF which is understood to have only four Hercules aircraft available every day. While the Brazilian aircraft have already undergone a Centre Wing Structural Replacement program, they will require significant additional funding to upgrade the aircraft to the current C-130BZ standard in service with the SAAF today.
The SAAF has not yet responded to the FAB offer and it appears that South Africa will have to wait a while longer to supplement its transport force.
www.defenceweb.co.za
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The South African Navy has expressed strong support for the Air Force to acquire new maritime patrol aircraft, with the Navy chief pledging its commitment to Project Saucepan to acquire new aircraft.
The last of eleven upgraded Rooivalk attack helicopters will be delivered to the South African Air Force at the end of August, while two will be delivered at the end of this month.
The final four Gripen fighter jets purchased by South Africa are being prepared for arrival in South African in mid-September.
Brazil has offered four surplus Lockheed Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft to the South African Air Force.