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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Sam 2 Avr 2011 - 15:23
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SAAF finally takes delivery of fully operational Rooivalk helicopters
The first five fully operational Rooivalk helicopters were handed over to the South African Air Force (SAAF) by Denel Aviation on Friday morning. These fully operational aircraft are designated as the Rooivalk Mk 1. Previously, although the Rooivalks could fly, they were not truly operational and could not be deployed, for example, to support United Nations peacekeeping operations. “This is a historic moment for Denel and indeed the entire South African defence and advanced manufacturing industries,” affirmed Denel group CE Talib Sadik. “The Rooivalk is unique and a singular triumph for South African engineering and advanced manufacturing.” “Denel is exceptionally proud to have been involved in the development of this helicopter,” he asserted. “The Rooivalk programme has been a catalyst for the development of South Africa’s aerospace and advanced manufacturing industries. The spin-offs from the Rooivalk programme will continue far into the future.” He highlighted that the Rooivalk (Kestrel in English) had been an incubator for research and innovation, including pioneering use of composites, the development of avionics, weapons control systems and electro-optical sights. Development of the Rooivalk started with the start of the design phase in 1984 and the first prototype, known as the XDM, made its first flight on February 11, 1990. “The Rooivalk has been developed over the past quarter century,” said Denel Aviation CEO Mike Kgobe. “Denel Aviation is the design authority for the Rooivalk. We are exceptionally proud of our achievement.” “This is a great moment for the South African Air Force,” stated SAAF Chief Lieutenant-General Carlo Gagiano. He pointed out that, over the years, a number of modifications and upgrades had been made to the Rooivalk, partly to integrate new technologies and partly to adapt the aircraft to the changing requirements of the SAAF. “Our constructive relationship with Denel will not end at this point,” he assured. Denel Aviation, as the design authority, will remain responsible for the deeper maintenance of the aircraft and for repair and overhaul services. The company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the State-owned Denel defence industrial group, will upgrade another six Rooivalks to Mk 1 standard. The Rooivalks, which are now formally designated as combat support helicopters by the SAAF, will be operated by 16 Squadron at Air Force Base Bloemspruit, near Bloemfontein in the Free State province. Currently, the Rooivalk Mk 1s are armed with a 20 mm cannon and unguided rockets. The helicopter can fire the Denel Dynamics Mokopa missile, but the SAAF has not yet acquired this weapon
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Dim 3 Avr 2011 - 19:49
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South African Hawk support work tops R279 million
20:17 GMT, April 1, 2011 The South African Air Force (SAAF) has placed orders worth over R279 million [$41.6 million; €29.3 million - Ed.] with BAE Systems, Advanced Technologies & Engineering (ATE), Denel Aviation and others since 2007 to support its fleet of 24 BAE Systems Hawk Mk120 lead-in fighter trainers delivered between 2006 and 2008.
The latest order, placed last week, was with Rolls Royce PLC for the “repair of a Hawk aircraft engine for the SAAF”. The value was R5 million, taking the known global spend on the Hawk to R279 053 752.21.
Part of the 1999 Strategic Defence Package, the first two aircraft were delivered to the SAAF on May 24, 2006 and the last by August 2008. National Treasury that year said the 24 aircraft acquired as Project Winchester had cost R7.2 billion.
With the exception of Hawk SA 250, the flight test and development aircraft, which was built in the United Kingdom, all of its other Hawks were assembled at Denel’s aircraft factory at Johannesburg International Airport in Kempton Park east of Johannesburg. Under a reciprocal industrial participation agreement, Denel for a while became the exclusive manufacturer of tailplanes, airbrakes and flaps for the Hawk programme, with these components already being incorporated onto aircraft operated by or being built for South Africa, India, Bahrain and the UK’s Royal Air Force.
The Hawk Mk120 was selected over the Czech Aero Vodochody L39/59/139, the German/US Dasa/Boeing Ranger 2000, the Italian Aermacchi MB339 and the Russian MAPO MiG-AT and Russo-Italian Aermacchi/Yakovlev YAK130. The basic design dates to 1968 when the then-Hawker-Siddeley aircraft company was asked to propose a successor to the Folland Gnat. The design, innovative for its time, was named the Hawk in 1973 and flew in 1974. It entered RAF service in 1976. The Hawk Mk120 LIFT and other “second generation” Hawks (Mks 127 and 128) only have 10% commonality with the original and feature new wings, forward and centre fuselage, fin and tailplane. The new variants are also said to have four times the fatigue life of the original.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mer 20 Avr 2011 - 12:55
The South African Navy (SAN) has ordered what appears to be a R42 million resupply of Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles (SAM) for its Valour-class frigates. The order, for R41 986 000, was placed last week Thursday.
South Africa in November 2005 joined a handful of nations to have fielded a functional operational anti-missile air defence systems with the successful firing of the Umkhonto-IR from aboard the Valour-class frigate SAS Amatola. Since then the SA Navy has regularly fired the 125kg, 12km-range weapon that carries a 23kg warhead, most recently this year during Exercise Good Hope IV, a joint multinational undertaking with German, where the missile was also successfully fired against a surface target. “We heard it went very well,” Denel Dynamics CE Jan Wessels told defenceWeb in April last year. “The system has now been in service with the Navy for three years and all the feedback we get is very positive, it is really performing as advertised and more.”
Each of the four German-built stealth warships is fitted with a Denel Dynamics-designed 16-cell vertical launch system (VLS) for the Umkhonto (Zulu: Spear) that can be increased to 32. The first naval firing of the weapon took place on November 23, 2005 when the SAS Amatola fired an Umkhonto at a high-speed Skua target drone off Cape Agulhas. It fired a second a week later. Both were fired with telemetry warheads to tell developers at Denel's nearby Overberg Test Range how the missiles were performing. Had real warheads been fitted, both targets would have been destroyed according to the data read-outs. "Both hits were within the specifications. The ranges achieved were even better than those specified," then-Sitron project director Rear Admiral (JG) Johnny Kamerman said in a media conference in 2006. The admiral added the development of the system had begun in 1993. South Africa decided to develop its own system even after sa
nctions was lifted because high-end systems such as the US Aegis were unaffordable -- "we can't afford the launchers, let alone the missiles," Kamerman explained -- and low-end systems like shoulder-launched missiles were "a waste of time".
Land-based testing of the original Mark I ended in July 2005 when the system was adjudged shore-qualified. The testing involved telemetry intercepts of a Skua target drone in various profiles, including low-level, head on and in evasive manoeuvres. The tests culminated in a Skua being destroyed with a “standard warhead”, Kamerman said.
Machiel Oberholzer, Executive Manager Air Defence at Denel Dynamics, says the 125kg, 12km range missile is now proven as a surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile in high clutter naval environments including littoral water and land warfare scenarios. “Umkhonto can now comfortably be applied to Ground Based Air Defence Systems (GBADS),” he said just before last September's African Aerospace & Defence (AAD) exhibition in Cape Town, a reference to the SA Army's Project Protector, a land-based version of the missile.
Wessels said the land variant will twin the Mk II with a containerised launcher is developed in close consultation with with the SA Army Air Defence Artillery. This will integrate with a command centre and a new three dimensional Reutech Radar Systems RSR 320 also currently under development. Wessels noted that several potential “export customers are already looking impatiently at the system.” He says the naval system “is getting a very good name” in the mlitary community, further exciting interest in the system’s landwards application.
If last week's order is for missiles, it is likely to be the Mark II version of the weapon featuring much enhanced “clutter” performance proven last year during live firing trials with the Finnish Navy that operates the short-range air defence system (SHORADS) aboard four Hamina class missile boats and two Hämeenmaa class minelayers.
The Finnish Navy launched the Mark II missiles during two successful test firings at the Lohtaja test range in May last year. Finnish Navy minelayer Uusimaa and other participating vessels made their way to the test range through the winter ice and after taking up their respective positions, and after system and safety checks were completed, a Banshee target drone was deployed from land. “For the first firing this extremely small target was tracked by the ship sensor systems,” Denel said in a statement at the time. “After a white run confirmed all systems were working, Umkhonto promptly destroyed the target with a direct hit during the red run. The second firing utilised a different ship sensor to track the target. Again Umkhonto achieved a direct hit confirming the unique capability of this missile.”
The Dynamics CE added the Mark II has now met all specifications and is in production for Finland. They will also be supplied to the SA Navy once the latter has placed an order for replacement missiles. “They're using their stocks for trials and need to replenish... It will be the Mk II, we'll stop doing the Mk I, there's no point going back to it,”he said in August last year. “This is will be invisible to the SA Navy client from an integration viewpoint and is an example where the SA Department of Defence (DoD) gets the benefit without having to invest directly, it is a benefit gained through export. Denel Dynamics’ investment to secure the export opportunity ultimately funded this Mk II, after the SA Navy initial investment funded the Umkhonto MkI development.”
In May 2008 Oberholzer told defenceWeb the Umkhonto development path included an extended range (ER) IR variant as well as an all-weather radar-guided version and an ER version of that. Oberholzer said an extended-range infrared version is planned and will range up to 22km. The radar version, dubbed the AWSAM – all weather surface to air missile – would have a 20km range, while an extended range version fitted with a booster rocket (AWSAM-E) – would hit out up to 30km – which placed it in the medium-range capability. He added the advantage of such a family of missiles was that "you can have a cocktail of missiles in your launchers so you can engage with the most appropriate one to the threat. Infrared missiles are cheaper than radar and you don't want to use an expensive missile to shoot down an easy target."
Wessels has said the company is looking for funding partners for the advanced Umkhonto future configurations. “It will ideally be a programme like A-Darter”, the R1 billion joint venture 5th generation IR short-range air-to-air missile being developed with Brazil. But he also questions the notion that Umkhonto IR is just a good-weather system. “If you can just highlight that's not the case. The fact that the SA and Finnish navies have selected Umkhonto after in-depth studies – despite typical naval weather conditions – says it all. How this missile works is you have an advanced 3D radar on the ship or launch point and that keeps tracking the target after the missile is fired and via datalink guides the missile to within the last kilometre or so.
“Only then does the IR seeker become active. The more accurate the 3D radar is, the more you can do and the better the performance as an all-weather system. The IR seeker is just used for the last pinpoint accuracy. The better the radar, the better the missile.” It is therefore no longer clear that the all-weather variant will be radar guided as was provided for in earlier thinking.
Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles systems for the SA Navy ETMG/2010/378 13 Apr 2011 R41 986 000,00 Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Aerospace
Maintenance and support services of the Umkhonto Surface-to-Air missile system for the SA Navy ETMG/2009/516 30 Sep 2010 R6 885 092,00 Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Dynamics
Umkhonto-IR missile electromagnetic compatibility test with SAN-PC ETMG/2006/164 29 Mar 2007 R344 722,50 Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Aerospace
Pic: An Umkhonto MkI firing from the SAS Amatola
nctions was lifted because high-end systems such as the US Aegis were unaffordable -- "we can't afford the launchers, let alone the missiles," Kamerman explained -- and low-end systems like shoulder-launched missiles were "a waste of time".
Land-based testing of the original Mark I ended in July 2005 when the system was adjudged shore-qualified. The testing involved telemetry intercepts of a Skua target drone in various profiles, including low-level, head on and in evasive manoeuvres. The tests culminated in a Skua being destroyed with a “standard warhead”, Kamerman said.
Machiel Oberholzer, Executive Manager Air Defence at Denel Dynamics, says the 125kg, 12km range missile is now proven as a surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile in high clutter naval environments including littoral water and land warfare scenarios. “Umkhonto can now comfortably be applied to Ground Based Air Defence Systems (GBADS),” he said just before last September's African Aerospace & Defence (AAD) exhibition in Cape Town, a reference to the SA Army's Project Protector, a land-based version of the missile.
Wessels said the land variant will twin the Mk II with a containerised launcher is developed in close consultation with with the SA Army Air Defence Artillery. This will integrate with a command centre and a new three dimensional Reutech Radar Systems RSR 320 also currently under development. Wessels noted that several potential “export customers are already looking impatiently at the system.” He says the naval system “is getting a very good name” in the mlitary community, further exciting interest in the system’s landwards application.
If last week's order is for missiles, it is likely to be the Mark II version of the weapon featuring much enhanced “clutter” performance proven last year during live firing trials with the Finnish Navy that operates the short-range air defence system (SHORADS) aboard four Hamina class missile boats and two Hämeenmaa class minelayers.
The Finnish Navy launched the Mark II missiles during two successful test firings at the Lohtaja test range in May last year. Finnish Navy minelayer Uusimaa and other participating vessels made their way to the test range through the winter ice and after taking up their respective positions, and after system and safety checks were completed, a Banshee target drone was deployed from land. “For the first firing this extremely small target was tracked by the ship sensor systems,” Denel said in a statement at the time. “After a white run confirmed all systems were working, Umkhonto promptly destroyed the target with a direct hit during the red run. The second firing utilised a different ship sensor to track the target. Again Umkhonto achieved a direct hit confirming the unique capability of this missile.”
The Dynamics CE added the Mark II has now met all specifications and is in production for Finland. They will also be supplied to the SA Navy once the latter has placed an order for replacement missiles. “They're using their stocks for trials and need to replenish... It will be the Mk II, we'll stop doing the Mk I, there's no point going back to it,”he said in August last year. “This is will be invisible to the SA Navy client from an integration viewpoint and is an example where the SA Department of Defence (DoD) gets the benefit without having to invest directly, it is a benefit gained through export. Denel Dynamics’ investment to secure the export opportunity ultimately funded this Mk II, after the SA Navy initial investment funded the Umkhonto MkI development.”
In May 2008 Oberholzer told defenceWeb the Umkhonto development path included an extended range (ER) IR variant as well as an all-weather radar-guided version and an ER version of that. Oberholzer said an extended-range infrared version is planned and will range up to 22km. The radar version, dubbed the AWSAM – all weather surface to air missile – would have a 20km range, while an extended range version fitted with a booster rocket (AWSAM-E) – would hit out up to 30km – which placed it in the medium-range capability. He added the advantage of such a family of missiles was that "you can have a cocktail of missiles in your launchers so you can engage with the most appropriate one to the threat. Infrared missiles are cheaper than radar and you don't want to use an expensive missile to shoot down an easy target."
Wessels has said the company is looking for funding partners for the advanced Umkhonto future configurations. “It will ideally be a programme like A-Darter”, the R1 billion joint venture 5th generation IR short-range air-to-air missile being developed with Brazil. But he also questions the notion that Umkhonto IR is just a good-weather system. “If you can just highlight that's not the case. The fact that the SA and Finnish navies have selected Umkhonto after in-depth studies – despite typical naval weather conditions – says it all. How this missile works is you have an advanced 3D radar on the ship or launch point and that keeps tracking the target after the missile is fired and via datalink guides the missile to within the last kilometre or so.
“Only then does the IR seeker become active. The more accurate the 3D radar is, the more you can do and the better the performance as an all-weather system. The IR seeker is just used for the last pinpoint accuracy. The better the radar, the better the missile.” It is therefore no longer clear that the all-weather variant will be radar guided as was provided for in earlier thinking.
Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles systems for the SA Navy ETMG/2010/378 13 Apr 2011 R41 986 000,00 Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Aerospace
Maintenance and support services of the Umkhonto Surface-to-Air missile system for the SA Navy ETMG/2009/516 30 Sep 2010 R6 885 092,00 Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Dynamics
Umkhonto-IR missile electromagnetic compatibility test with SAN-PC ETMG/2006/164 29 Mar 2007 R344 722,50 Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Aerospace
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Sam 23 Avr 2011 - 2:04
selon un communiqué de Bae systems, les Hawk MK 120 de la SAAF bénéficient d'une amélioration logicielle(Operationel Capability 4) leur permettant de partager des données tactiques avec les chasseurs JAS 39 grippen C/D. pour l'heure, cette modernisation ne concerne que 8 appareils de la 85 combat flying school stationnés sur la base de Makhado. 16 autres devrainet en profiter s'ici la fin de 2011 source Air Fan
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Sujet: Re: Force de défense sud-africaine national (SANDF) Lun 16 Mai 2011 - 13:55
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BAE Systems Launches New Mine Protected Vehicle[b]
The BAE Systems business in South Africa has developed a purpose built RG35 RPU vehicle that delivers the crucial balance between firepower, proven survivability and tactical mobility troops currently need and will require in the future.
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The RG35 RPU is a modern, yet ruggedly dependable tactical 4X4 wheeled vehicle that is truly purpose built for multiple missions. Not only can the reconnaissance variant be equipped with light and medium turrets, as well as direct and indirect-fire weapons, it can power its way through the toughest terrain, taking troops to wherever the mission is. The vehicle can easily be modified a number of ways to transport cargo, conduct routine patrols, or be outfitted with cameras and other electronics for surveillance missions.
“No matter the mission, ensuring that troops make it to and from their home base safely is paramount,” said Chris Chambers, Vice President and General Manager of BAE Systems’ Tactical Wheeled Vehicles business. “With the RG35 RPU, we’ve developed a unique armour protected capsule, integrating decades of expertise and experience that we call the ‘crew citadel.’ It is designed to shield troops inside the vehicle from mine blasts, road side bombs and gunfire while ensuring they can fulfill their missions effectively.”
The RG35 is an open architecture fit for many applications and is currently being adapted to suit the Canadian Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) program. As the business moves forward submitting its formal proposal with the proven hardware in response to the TAPV RFP, the team has coined the tagline “mission complete” to succinctly and simply describe the RG35 RPU’s value proposition.
“What’s mission complete? It’s delivering true value to the customer, throughout its life: providing troops with enhanced crew protection; delivering the tactical mobility required across extreme terrain and multiple missions and, specifically for the TAPV program, built and supported in Canada, for Canada. That’s mission complete, and that’s the RG35 RPU,” added Chambers.
The RG35 RPU is a 4X4 mine protected multi-mission tactical wheeled vehicle. It measures approximately 5.2 meters in length, 2.6 meters in width, and 2.5 meters in height, with a ground clearance of 414 millimeters. The RG35 RGU’s gross vehicle mass is 21,000kg and seats driver plus 9 crew members.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 26 Mai 2011 - 1:27
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South African Army stocks up on Milan 3 The South African Army has ordered an undisclosed further number of Milan antitank guided missile (ATGM) for use by the Special Forces as well as airborne and motorised infantry. The R57 990 630.80 [$8.22 million - Ed.] purchase order was awarded to Euromissile [sic] last week. It takes the known value of Project Kingfisher – according to the Armscor Bulletin System (ABS) – to R271 076 483.37.
The Kingfisher contract was placed on December 20, 2006, and initially escaped media notice. South Africa was the global launch customer of the new generation Milan ADT (Advanced Digital Technology) launcher and Milan ER (extended range) missile. The deal included Fulcrum Defence Systems (FDS), an EADS and MBDA local partner, upgrading about 30 existing Milan firing posts to ADT standard. They will also provide training, four simulators and logistic support. MBDA, the European missile-maker that now incorporates Euromissile, will provide the munitions. “We estimate our contribution will be worth about R30 million, which is a good investment in the local industry,” CE André Wolmarans told defenceWeb in 2007.
MBDA said at the time the digital technologies incorporated in the ADT firing post had notably enhanced the system’s ability to detect, reconnoitre and identify targets. The upgrade entailed replacing the control box as well as the electronics of the guidance unit and integrating new software and optics. The cards bearing the software were manufactured in South Africa and an initial batch of 33 sets was in manufacture at FDS by 2007.
In March 2009 the military ordered a further 13 Milan ADT firing posts and four simulators under a contract worth €10.7 million (about R129.3 million at then exchange rates, but R81.5 million on the ABS.
The 3000m range Milan ER comes with jam-proof wire guidance, night sight and a tandem charge. Optimised for pulverising tanks, the warhead is rated as “multi-target.” A MBDA official explained to the author in 2004 than an analysis of missiles expended in the Falklands in 1982 – and confirmed by the 2003 Iraq war – found more than 70 percent expended on targets other than tanks, mostly bunkers and buildings. “You may say a Milan is too expensive to use against a machine gun, and on a cost analysis it is. But what is he cost of a human life? How many must die in assaulting that machine gun position?”
The competition for Kingfisher pitted MBDA and Saab Bofors Dynamics, the latter offering SA the BILL 2 (Bofors Infantry Light & Lethal). Other competitors included Denel who at one stage appeared hopeful that a four-round pedestal-launched version of their Mokopa would do the job. Also interested in the project was Russia and India. Russia was offering the 4000-metre range Konkurs, the latest version of what NATO officially used to call the AT4 Spigot system. (Unoffi cially, they call it the “Milanski” believing it to be a reverse-engineered copy of the European original.) Combining the two was India, who customised the Konkurs’ launcher to fire both the Russian and the European missile. MBDA was selected as the preferred supplier in September 2006.
Wolmarans added in 2007 that his company has also been contracted by MBDA to form a service hub for Africa. “They are doing a total knowledge transfer to Fulcrum regarding the firing posts. There are currently 1600 posts in use on the continent we can look at maintaining and upgrading. The possibility of upgrading firing posts for customers in the rest of the world is not excluded,” he adds. “A number of countries using the Milan lack a service centre and we are looking at filling that gap.”
MBDA is jointly owned by BAE Systems (37.5%), EADS (37.5%) and Italy's Finmeccanica (25%).
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 26 Mai 2011 - 13:17
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Airbus Military Likely to Bid for SAAF Project Saucepan
Airbus Military is likely to propose its aircraft range for the South African Air Force's (SAAF) Project Saucepan requirement for a new maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft. Airbus Military CE Domingo Ureña said: "I think we have the best product in the world and I believe we could win the programme if we are given the chance to compete." Project Saucepan is aimed to replace SAAF's 68-year-old Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft, which is currently used for maritime surveillance. The SAAF received its first C47s in 1943 and were deployed into service with 35 Squadron, based in Cape Town, to perform medium transport as well as maritime patrol duties, according to Defenceweb
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 2 Juin 2011 - 4:22
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Swartkop Airshow 2011 Pretoria, South Africa
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And I took these at the airforce museum - single seaters Cheetah C's though I'm afraid.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 2 Juin 2011 - 12:29
merci pour ces pics messieurs,vous nous gattez
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 2 Juin 2011 - 14:03
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Ven 3 Juin 2011 - 12:43
The South African Navy has awarded Reutech Radar Systems a R8.417 million contract to research and development a replacement optical radar tracker (ORT) for the sea service's Valour-class frigates. Each of the four in commission is fitted with one ORT and one electro-optical tracker (EOT). The contract follows a R1.995 million contract awarded in January.
The company declined to comment on the nature of the work, but defence analyst Helmoed-Römer Heitman says the deal is probably “partly an upgrade and partly a replacement of the laser range-finders, which I gather did not perform as well as hoped. That is an issue of which frequency is best in the most likely conditions.”
RRS on its website notes the tracker, designated the RTS 6400, is a 60km instrumented-range monopulse X-band combined radar and optronics tracking system using a wide-band, high stability Travelling Wave Tube AmplIfier (TWTA) and advanced Doppler signal processing. “The system currently forms a key element of the [frigate] combat suite, for which eight systems have been delivered into service. The system has been produced using expertise gained in the development of the ETS 2400 short range Ka-band optronics radar tracker.
“The highly modular nature of the design allows adaptation for alternative configurations of optronic sensor, as well as operation at other radar frequencies. This capability makes the system eminently suited for all naval fire control applications. Typical sensor configurations include a Ku-band radar frequency option, dual field of view 3-5 µm or 8-12 µm Thermal Imaging Sensors, high repetition rate Laser range-finders and dual field of view daylight cameras. The system is also adaptable to support semi-active homing missiles, and may be supplied with or without a dedicated console. The system is able to perform in hostile ECM environments due to a comprehensive ECCM suite.”
Janes International Defence Review reported in 1996 that RRS initially developed the system as part of a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) technology-retention project. It was intended to control both anti-aircraft and anti-surface weapons in medium- and close-range engagements. “It is cued by an action information system via a combat system highway - a fibre-distributed data interface - and will acquire and track automatically with the radar. Operator override is possible at all times. It can also be used in an autonomous surveillance mode and has secondary search capability against missiles and - using a helical scan - aircraft. The system is designed to detect low-flying aircraft at 25km and sea-skimming missiles beyond 16km. The acquisition time is less than 2s with a tracking accuracy of less than 1.5mrad in angles and approximately 5m in range.”
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Ven 3 Juin 2011 - 16:12
j'ai comme l’impression que ya que des blancs comme pilote dans leurs armée tout cas d'apres les photos en grande majorité , je doute pas que l'armée de terre c'est autre chose .
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Ven 3 Juin 2011 - 17:32
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j'ai comme l’impression que ya que des blancs comme pilote dans leurs armée tout cas d'apres les photos en grande majorité , je doute pas que l'armée de terre c'est autre chose .
Il ne faut pas oublier que l’Afrique de sud n a abolit les dernières lois de l'apartheid et n a entamer un processus de transition constitutionnelle (Codesa) que en 1991. Celles-ci aboutissent le 27 avril 1994 aux premières élections multiraciales de l'histoire du pays, remportées par l'ANC. Nelson Mandela devient le premier président noir du pays.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Sam 4 Juin 2011 - 15:05
tout de meme la remarque de leadlord est pertinente,la majorité de leur personnel naviguant est bel et bien blancs,les noirs sont majoritaires dans l´infantrie..
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Sam 4 Juin 2011 - 18:07
C'est les cadres blanc qui ont crée l'armée sud africaine et qui ont en fait l'armée la plus puissante d'afrique a une époque Mandela savait que des dririgeants de l'armée sud africaine étais impliquer dans des actes criminel mais s'il se lancer dans la chasse au sorcière les cadres blancs s'enfuirait et la SANDF s'éffondrerai, voila pourquoi ils les a amnistier et laisser au commande de l'armée, ou ils continue a privilégier les blancs que les noirs... Sans cela l'armée sud africaine serait devenue une armée a l'image de se qu'on voit dans les autres pays d'afrique et ca serait terminer en cout d'état militaire...et surtout qu'il faut tenir la bar face a des armée concurente tel que l'armée nigériane ou l'armée angolaise, et en particulier les armée d'Afrique du Nord tel que.....l'armée marocaine
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mer 15 Juin 2011 - 17:38
The South African Navy has ordered new submarine circuit breaker and pneumatic cam switch spares from Siemens Ltd for its fleet of three Heroine-class Type 209 diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK). The deal, worth R10 272 517.26,was awarded last week.
The deal follows on a R1 397 438.48 order the week before for spare pneumatic cam switching devices and an order in September last year – for R15 810 910.00 for the procurement and commissioning of a circuit breaker test facility. Both these contracts were also awarded to Siemens Ltd of Pinetown.
It is not clear f the spares are being procured to build up reserves or whether it relates to the repair of the SAS Manthatisi. Rear Admiral Bernhard Teuteberg told the Portfolio Commitee on Defence and Military Veterans in November last year that the boat's electrical system had been damaged when “someone” had connected the submarine to its high voltage shore service “the wrong way round", blowing fuses in the submarine.
Teuteberg also decried the efficiency of the submarine's battery, saying that when being charged, the current battery produced hydrogen. A build-up of the gas had damaged some of the submarine’s battery cells, of which there are 480. The problem had been solved by introducing hydrogen release valves and the manufacturer, a Greek company, had given the undertaking that some of the damaged units would be replaced free of charge.
The three boats were acquired for R8.1 billion as part of Project Wills,a component of the controversial 1999 Strategic Defence Package. The lead sub, SAS Manthatisi was laid down at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Thyssen Nordsee Werke, Kiel on May 22, 2001, was launched June 15, 2004 and commissioned November 3, 2005. She arrived in South African waters in April 2006. Her sisters were both commissioned March 14, 2007. The Charlotte Maxeke arrived in South African waters in April 2007 and SAS Queen Modjadji I in May 2008.
In 2006 then Senior Officer Submarines Captain Malcolm Farre said the government set two main criteria in selecting the T209. The submarine firstly, had to be of a proven design. The T209 has been around since the 1970s and has never suffered a serious design mishap. Secondly, there had to be adequate logistic support, even if support from the primary supplier was interrupted. A dozen navies use about 60 of the type meaning it has a wide global footprint and parts could likely be sourced elsewhere than from source if necessary.
The Type 209 design beat several other offers, including a French offer to upgrade the three Daphné SSKs then in service and a fourth, which was to be donated. A Franco-Spanish consortium also offered two Daphnés as interim vessels while they constructed the Navy a number of CN2000 Scorpéne submarines. Sweden offered the Type 192, an export version of the Gotland-class submarine and Italy proposed Fincantieri’s S1600 design; while Russia suggested its Project 636 Kilo-class boat.
Cabinet in 2006 decided to name the boats for three heroic women in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Woman’s March against the iniquity of pass laws on August 9, 1956. This continued a SA tradition to name submarines after noteworthy women. The previous-generation Daphnés were named for women the National Party regime thought significant: Maria van Riebeeck, Johanna van der Merwe and Emily Hobhouse.
Submarine circuit breaker and pneumatic cam switch spares: SA Navy Type 209 submarine EMTM/2010/400 8 Jun 2011 R10 272 517,26 Siemens Ltd
Procurement of spare pneumatic cam switching devices for Type 209, Mod 1400 submarines EMTM/2010/512 26 May 2011 R1 397 438,48 Siemens Ltd
Procure and commission circuit breaker test facility for Type 209, Mod 1400 submarines EMTM/2009/559 8 Sep 2010 R15 810 910,00 Siemens Ltd
Maintenance and support services of the command and surveillance general fire control systems and surveillance systems, underwater for the SA Navy ELGS/2010/11 8 Sep 2010 R48 391 021,90 Cybicom Atlas Defence
Procure and commission circuit breaker test facility for Type 209, Mod 1400 submarines EMTM/2009/559 8 Sep 2010 R15 810 910,00 Siemens Ltd
Maintenance and support services of the command and surveillance general fire control systems and surveillance systems, underwater for the SA Navy ELGS/2010/11 8 Sep 2010 R48 391 021,90 Cybicom Atlas Defence
Maintenance and support services for the submarine action information systems for the SA Navy - extension of ELGS/2006/117 LGS/S2009/4274 17 Mar 2010 R2 382 547,02 Cybicom Software LGS/S2008/3211 19 Feb 2009 R13 691,71 Cybicom Software LGS/S2008/3871 13 Feb 2009 R4 571 418,63 Cybicom Software
Procurement of type 209 MOD 1400 submarine radar antenna unit EMTM/2009/304 19 Nov 2009 R2 781 902,78 Marlog Marine Logistik GMBH
Procurement of type 209 model 1400 submarine depot spare parts EMTM/2008/421 6 Aug 2009 R18 107 215,74 Marlog Marine Logistik GMBH Alfphastone GmbH
Development and commissioning of a shore based combat suite engineering test bed for the South African Navy Class 209 submarines EMTM/2008/585 5 Aug 2009 R46 560 029,60 Cybicom Software
Supply and integration of SA Navy class 209 submarine engineering test bed periscope simulator - extension of EMTM/2006/522 MTM/S2007/1373 21 Nov 2007 R113 420,20 Cybicom Software
Engineering test bed periscope simulator for the SA Navy 209 Class Submarine EMTM/2006/522 5 Jul 2007 R6 985 523,00 Cybicom Software
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mar 21 Juin 2011 - 10:41
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Navy ups 76mm spares holding
The South African Navy has placed a R971 546.38 order with Oto Melara SpA of La Spezia, Italy, for the procurement of further 76/62mm gun mounting spares. The contract follows similar orders in September last year and June 2007.
The Navy operates a small number of 76mm Oto Melera 76mm/62 Super Rapid medium calibre automatic cannon on its Valour-class frigate and Warrior-class offshore patrol vessels. The gun system has been in service with the Navy since about 1977 when around 17 were acquired via Israel as part of projects Japonica and Coupé to arm the Minister (later Warrior-class) fast attack craft.
Four weapons were reconditioned in 2005 and fitted to the Project Sitron Valour-class frigates as a cost-saving measure. Others remain in service board the Warrior-class, now designated offshore patrol vessels (OPV), and will likely be transferred to the Project Biro OPVs when acquired. The weapon can effectively hurl a 6kg projectile up to 8000m at a rate of up to 120 rounds per minute (although the maximum range is said to be 18 400m at 45 degrees).
The Oto Melara 76mm gun range is a widely used family of naval artillery in service with over 50 navies and coast guards. Capable of very high rates of fire, the dual-purpose gun can engage both surface and air targets. Its compact mount allows its installation on relatively small vessels, including patrol craft.
Procurement of 76/62mm Oto melara gun mounting spares ESCW/2010/425 15 Jun 2011 R971 546,38 Oto Melara SpA
Procurement of 76/62 mm Oto Melara gun mounting spares ESCW/2009/40 30 Sep 2010 R1 311 196,20 Oto Melara SpA
Maintenance and support services for Naval Guns for the SA Navy ETMG/2009/470 22 Sep 2010 R9 999 533,00 Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Land Systems
SA Navy 76 mm muzzle velocity Radar system support ERES/2010/14 22 Sep 2010 R2 304 622,00 EDH (SA) (Pty) Ltd P O Box 747
76/62 mm compact gun spares ETMG/2006/531 7 Jun 2007 R116 863,51 Oto Melara SpA
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mar 28 Juin 2011 - 17:44
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South African Army orders mortar bombs worth R31.3m
The South African Army has ordered more mortar ammunition from Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (Pty) Ltd of Potchefstroom. The latest order, awarded last week, is for R31.310 million [$4.58 million - Ed.]. This takes recent mortar bomb orders of various types and calibres to R404 129 770.39.
The orders are in addition to an order worth R214.1 million placed last year May for the acquisition of the Project Acrobat 60mm long-range mortar (LRM) system and ammunition.
The SA Army has has addition ordered other ammunition and pyrotechnics in since August 2009 to replenish stocks that have not been significantly augmented since the end of the Namibian Bush War in 1989. The Armscor tender awards website shows the contracts have principally been placed with state arsenal Denel subsidiaries Pretoria Metal Pressings (PMP) and Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (RDM).
The SA Army uses three mortar systems – the M1/M4 60mm, M3 81mm and M5 120mm mortar systems in addition to the still to-be-introduced Acrobat weapons that will likely be type-classified the M6.
The Ministry of Defence in September 2006 told Parliament that the SA Army had in the middle of that year placed an order for 102 Project Acrobat LRM for R101 million, with delivery then expected from 2009 to 2010. The deliveries are currently underway.
The number ordered in 2006 was sufficient to equip 12 infantry battalions at a scale of eight tube per unit and leaving six tubes for training. The LRM, with its long-range ammunition, can fire to 6180m and has the lethality range and lethal area substantially better than the M3 81mm mortar, regarded by many as no mean feat.
The Army acquired the type for its airborne (parachute and air assault) as well as motorised infantry, who will likely use it in place of the older M3 81mm mortar as it is lighter at 34kg (compared to the M3’s 42.8kg) to a greater range and effect. The LRM is, however, much heavier than the M1 60mm mortar with bipod (18.7kg) or the M4 patrol mortar (“patmor”) variant at 7.8kg. This, however, has a maximum range of just 2100m.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mer 29 Juin 2011 - 23:53
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South African Navy stocks up on submarine optronics depot spares
The South African Navy has ordered further stocks of “depot spares” from Carl Zeiss Optronics for its fleet of three Heroine-class Type 209 diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK). The deal, worth R3.9 million [R1 = $0.146 - Ed.], was awarded last week.
The three boats were acquired for R8.1 billion as part of Project Wills,a component of the controversial 1999 Strategic Defence Package. The lead sub, SAS Manthatisi was laid down at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Thyssen Nordsee Werke, Kiel on May 22, 2001, was launched June 15, 2004 and commissioned November 3, 2005. She arrived in South African waters in April 2006. Her sisters were both commissioned March 14, 2007. The Charlotte Maxeke arrived in South African waters in April 2007 and SAS Queen Modjadji I in May 2008.
In 2006 then Senior Officer Submarines Captain Malcolm Farre said the government set two main criteria in selecting the T209. The submarine firstly, had to be of a proven design. The T209 has been around since the 1970s and has never suffered a serious design mishap. Secondly, there had to be adequate logistic support, even if support from the primary supplier was interrupted. A dozen navies use about 60 of the type meaning it has a wide global footprint and parts could likely be sourced elsewhere than from source if necessary.
The Type 209 design beat several other offers, including a French offer to upgrade the three Daphné SSKs then in service and a fourth, which was to be donated. A Franco-Spanish consortium also offered two Daphnés as interim vessels while they constructed the Navy a number of CN2000 Scorpéne submarines. Sweden offered the Type 192, an export version of the Gotland-class submarine and Italy proposed Fincantieri’s S1600 design; while Russia suggested its Project 636 Kilo-class boat.
Cabinet in 2006 decided to name the boats for three heroic women in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Woman’s March against the iniquity of pass laws on August 9, 1956. This continued a SA tradition to name submarines after noteworthy women.
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South African Air Force orders more C212, C235 maintenance work
EADS has been awarded a contract of just over R6.2 million [R1 = $0.146 - Ed.] to provide product support services to the South African Air Force for its fleet of four CASA C212 and one CASA C235 transport aircraft.
The order is an extension of a 2009 contract that was worth R16.5 million. Prior to that, such services were provided by Execujet under a 2003 contract. The total value of work since 2007 stand at R42 509 273.86.
The SAAF inherited its C212 Aviocar fleet in 1994 from the air wings of the former Bophuthatswana (one, 1985), Transkei (two, 1986) and Venda (two, 1988). It is a short-take-off and landing aircraft with a rough field capability, high wings and a fixed landing gear. The C212 was designed as a C47 replacement and has been called a scaled-down C130. The C212 can reportedly take off from fields as short as 400m.
The SAAF inherited its C235 from the Bophuthatswana, which acquired it in 1991. The type originated as a joint venture between CASA and IPTN of Indonesia, at the time manufacturing C212 under license. The C235 sports high wings, an unswept rear fuselage with ramp and a retractable tricycle landing gear, with the rear wheels retracting into external fairings to ensure an unrestricted cabin. A maritime patrol version exists that can carry missiles and torpedoes on up to six under-wing hard points. Like the C212, the C235 is a short-take-off and landing aircraft with a rough field capability. It is also said to have excellent low-level flying characteristics for tactical penetration missions.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Jeu 7 Juil 2011 - 14:47
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SAAF Awards IRIS-T Maintenance Contract to Diehl
The South African Air Force (SAAF) has awarded a contract to Diehl BGT Defence for the maintenance of infrared imaging system tail / thrust vector-controlled (IRIS-T) short-range air-to-air missiles (SRAAM). The interim maintenance order includes the purging of missiles and the rental of gas filling equipment. The missile was acquired by SAAF as an interim weapon for the SAAB Gripen advanced light fighter aircraft in May 2008 at a cost of R101.8m ($15m). IRIS-T is the only SRAAM that provides an anti-missile capability in self-defence and also provides full launch capability to the pilot under all modern countermeasure conditions, including blinding laser. The first Denel Dynamics A-Darter fifth-generation SRAAM is expected to be delivered to the SAAF in 2013.
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mar 12 Juil 2011 - 13:47
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South African Special Forces buy Zodiac RIBs
The South African Special Forces (SF) are acquiring a further, undisclosed, number of Zodiac Hurricane 753 air-deliverable rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) and associated equipment. The order, for R5.294 million, was placed last month and follows a simlar, R1 million, contract in December last year.
The website of the state arms acquisition agency, Armscor, shows the Special Forces in November 2009 also placed an order worth R9 934 700 with the Parachute Industries of SA (PISA) for an unknown number of semi-rigid 7.53m Zodiac boats as part of an “ medium range air deliverable boat system.” The contract was placed on November 26. It followed an order, on October 8, 2009, for a number of same-sized inflatable boats, worth R333 740.
The boats are launched from South African Air Force C130BZ Hercules transports using US-company Airborne Systems' Maritime Craft Aerial Delivery System (MCADS). Airborne Systems says MCADS is the only airdrop system for large RIBs certified for use with the C-130. In an operational scenario, an extractor parachute pulls the load from the aircraft. The boat and airdrop platform separate immediately after exit. The boat lands in the water ready for use and is generally followed by Special Forces parachutists who land near and board it for immediate operations. The platform can be prepared to float for recovery or to sink for covert operations.
MCADS was designed, developed and tested by Airborne Systems in response to US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) operational requirements and is now in use with a number of countries. The company adds that a successful airdrop of a new Zodiac 7.5m RIB for the South African SF last year September resulted in the purchase of a number of PURIBAD platforms, and associated spares.
Zodiac Hurricane first supplied high speed outboard powered assault RIBS in the 1994, a company bochure explains. The Zodiac Hurricane 753 OB FC is typically used by a two man crew to transport an eight person commando team in ship-to-shore, ship-to-ship and shore-to-ship assault missions. The deep Vee fibreglass hull and inflatable collar combined with jockey style seating; provides the seaworthiness, shock mitigation, stability, maneuverability and low signature required to operate reliably and effectively in a hostile maritime environment. The ruggedised hull and collar construction and highly responsive twin outboard motor propulsion system allows the Hurricane 753 to operate safely in heavy weather and alongside larger craft during ship boarding operations.
The boats will likely be delivered to the seaward-orientated 4 SF Regiment at Langebaan in the Western Cape. PISA is a Zodiac subsidiary.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: • Length overall – 8.05 meters (26.4 ft.) • Beam overall – 2.74 meters (9.0 ft.) • Beam (collar deflated) – 2.03 meters (6.7 ft.) • Collar diameter - 0.56 meters (22 in.) • Collar volume – 3633 liters (128 cu. Ft.) • Fuel capacity – 503 liters (133 US gal.) • Displacement (with full fuel) – 2100 kg. (4000 lbs.) • Max Speed – 44 Knots with 1500 kg. payload, range 145 NM; Max HP 2 x 200 HP
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Sujet: Re: South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Mer 13 Juil 2011 - 11:38
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SAAF Awards Hawk Support Contracts
The South African Air Force (SAAF) has awarded three new contracts to Denel and Rolls Royce to support its fleet of 24 BAE Systems Hawk mk120 lead-in fighter trainers. The contract includes providing 'steady state support' for the aircraft's Adour engine and additional 30mm ammunition for the aircraft's Aden gun. The R7.2bn ($1.06bn) Hawk mk120 fleet was acquired by SAAF under Project Winchester as part of the 1999 strategic defence package. The Hawk mk120 LIFT features new wings, forward and centre fuselage, fin and tailplane and has four times the fatigue life of the original aircraft. The aircraft is also operated by India, Bahrain and the UK Royal Air Force, according to DefenceWeb.
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The South African Navy has awarded Reutech Radar Systems a R8.417 million contract to research and development a replacement optical radar tracker (ORT) for the sea service's Valour-class frigates. Each of the four in commission is fitted with one ORT and one electro-optical tracker (EOT). The contract follows a R1.995 million contract awarded in January. 
