UPGRADE FINLAND SIGNS FOR FIRST HAWK NTW-20 GERMAN ARTILLERY ARTILLERY LAND SYSTEMS & SAPS HELI FOR THE SA ARMY UMKHONTO IR TRAINERS TO AMR TRIALS IN SA RECORD SOUTH AMERICA UPGRADES MAKHADO UPGRADE BROKEN & MORE Delivers First SA Components for Airbus

A400M The Airbus Military A400M is a 21st century The first set of South African- heavylifter designed to replace the C-130 Hercules, C-160 Transall and former Soviet-era manufactured aircraft parts for the Antonov and Illyushin transports. Seven Euro- Airbus A400M military transport pean nations collaborated to design and build aircraft were delivered to Germany the aircraft, with coming on-board as the first non-European nation. The first air- recently for incorporation into the craft is scheduled to fly in 2008. fuselage of the first aircraft. Denel Aviation of Kempton Park, Johannesburg, recently com- pleted the first set of fuselage top-shells (roof sections) for the Airbus A400M. Denel is a major industrial partner in the multi-national A400M programme, which South Africa joined last year. The 15-year top-shell manufacturing contract is worth 20 An artists impression of the Airbus million euros (about R160 million) and currently accounts for Military A400M transport. The between 80,000 and 90,000 man-hours annually. It follows actual aircraft is currently being an earlier contract for the design of the top-shells. Each of assembled in Europe. the 6sq/m top-shells weighs about 100kg and is made from advanced aluminium alloy formed using special 5- and 3-axis Through its stake in the aircraft programme, South Africa’s As an Airbus Military A400M partner, South Africa has se- above and below: A400M top-shells under machines. As part of the infrastructure for the A400M work industry will participate in the design, engineering, industriali- cured a vital and sustainable role for its industry over the construction at Denel Aerostructures in Denel has invested in new long-bed machines and a special sation, manufacture and in-service support of the A400M – next 30 – 50 years as a provider of engineering and manufac- Kempton Park. treatment facility. The top-shells are a vital part of the “roof” the world’s most modern military transport aircraft. “The turing services as well as customer support for aircraft in of the aircraft, in front and behind the area where the wing is delivery of the first top-shells, on time and to specification, service. South Africa will also acquire eight A400Ms from joined to the fuselage. confirms the confidence we place in South Africa and our 2010, bolstering its strategic airlift capabilities and enabling Denel is also responsible for the design engineering and manu- industrial partners, Denel and Aerosud,” affirmed Francisco it to support national, regional and multi-national peace and facture of several other elements of the aircraft, the largest Fernández-Sáinz, Managing Director of Airbus Military. humanitarian missions. of which is the carbon composite wing-fuselage fairing. “To- Denel and Aerosud’s participation in the A400M underpins The A400M order book currently stands at 192 firm commit- day is a proud moment for Denel and South Africa,” said the South African Government’s new aerospace strategy ments, including the seven European NATO launch customer Shaun Liebenberg, CEO, Denel. “Delivery of this first South which is characterised by a move away from prime contract- nations, South Africa and Malaysia. The aircraft will first fly African-produced element of the A400M marks the opening ing and a focus on niche engineering, design, manufacturing in 2008 with deliveries beginning in 2009. The new airlifter of an entirely new and exciting chapter in the evolution of and development services for aerostructures and aircraft sys- will enable air forces around the world to upgrade their airlift Denel Aviation and which positions South Africa’s aerospace tems. It also confirms the objective of gaining access to the capability for both humanitarian and peace-keeping activities. industry on a clear, sustainable growth path,” he added. global supply chain.

Bitter-Sweet NTW-20 Anti-materiél Rifle Upgrade Success! Denel Land Systems’ successful NTW-20 The 20x110 HS round pos- zle velocity of 820 m/sec, as round of ammunition, which Anti Materiél Rifle has received a sesses excellent characteris- well as PRAC (practice) and is used as a tool for remov- tics in terms of muzzle veloc- PRACT (practice tracer) ing the barrel. reconfiguration to handle most ity and explosive payload. rounds. The NTW-20 AMR, variants of 20x110 HS ammunition. The NTW-20 can be mounted This ensures an improvement weighing 31.5 kg unloaded, on Denel’s new purpose-built, in the maximum operational is a two-man weapon which Originally designed for buffered and damped vehicle range (up to 1500m) and ter- is normally fired in the prone mount. This mount has been 20x82mm ammunition minal effect. This round is position, ensuring maximum (with a quick-change func- designed and manufactured also available from numerous stability for long-range shoot- tion to fire 14.5x114mm to suit the needs of long- sources internationally in ing. It has an 8 x 56 power rounds), the NTW-20 in range accurate single shot new generation configura- telescope with parallax ad- the 20x110HS configura- fire from weapons such as tion now affords clients a tions. justment, fitted to a quick- the NTW-20 AMR. significantly wider ben- release mounting with inte- Changes to the weapon in- Dampers in the mount con- efit. clude upgrades to the recoil gral bullet-drop compensa- tion. The sight is mounted to trol the free movement of the This spectacular photograph records a bitter sweet mo- and feed system, trigger box weapon during aim. These and an accurately calibrated give 250mm eye relief, thus ment. It shows the destruction of one of our own by one providing the optimum com- can be quickly regulated to of our own - a Denel Skua target drone by a live Um- bullet-drop compensator allow rapid slewing of the (BDC) suitable to this round. bination of situational aware- khonto surface to air missile launched from the SAS ness, target acquisition and weapon. Spioenkop (more on page 2). The test took place at The 20x110mm ammunition accurate aiming. The combination of the NTW- Denel’s Overberg Test Range in less than favourable con- range comprises HEI (high-ex- ditions (significant wind and wave action) and at an in- The weapon is bolt action, 20 AMR and the vehicle plosive incendiary), HEIT tercept range exceeding the design requirement by 15%. with a three round magazine mount provides the user with (high-explosive incendiary a highly versatile and power- The two Denel teams worked very hard to prepare the tracer), SAPHEI (semi-ar- or by manual feeding through the ejection port. It can be ful payload rifle which, due missile and target drone for the test. Although the Skua mour piercing, high-explosive to its mobility, can be de- came off second best - success was the ultimate out- incendiary), and AP (armour completely field stripped with no tools other than a ployed in any number of sce- come. The South African Navy will carry this excellent piercing) rounds with a muz- narios. missile system on all four of its Corvettes. News in and around Denel Rooikat Turret Police Air Wing Gets Denel Denel Land Systems is gearing up for major activity as a result of a Upgrade Rooikat turret upgrade contract “Eyes in the Sky” Denel Land Systems re- ceived an order from Arm- The South African scor during February Police Services 2006 to the total value of (SAPS) Air Wing R51.5 million, to upgrade a total of 76 Rooikat tur- Unit has awarded rets. The planned comple- Denel Optronics a tion date for this upgrade contract for the project is May 2008. supply of the The Rooikat is the prime ar- Goshawk 350 moured fighting vehicle of the SANDF. As an 8 X 8 multi-sensor wheeled platform, it provides electro-optic and the system with excellent infrared system mobility on tarred roads as well as cross-country terrain. for SAPS helicopters. This mobility has been envied The Rooikat 8x8 armoured by defence forces and vehi- fighting vehicle. cle manufacturers all over The scope of this contract the world. The Rooikat tur- includes a full turnkey so- ret, sporting a 76 mm main weapon and modern fire-control The main focus of the development was on the improvement lution for the supply, in- system, provides the system with lethal fire-power and accu- of the gun-control and fire-control systems. As the supplier stallation and certifica- racy on the battlefield. of the Integrated Fire Control System (IFCS) for the Rooikat, tion of four Goshawk 350 As with other RDL was contracted by Denel Land Systems to complete this systems. Development of the Rooikat system started in the 1980s. variants of Denel’s renowned development. The prime contractor was BAE Systems-OMC (then known family of gyro-stabilized air- An SAPS helicopter fitted with the as OMC), who also developed the vehicle platform. The tur- To achieve the more stringent stabilization requirements, new borne surveillance systems, Denel Goshawk 350 system. ret was developed by Denel Land Systems (then known as Fibre Optic Gyros (FOG) were developed to replace the exist- the Goshawk 350 is fitted LIW). Turret production commenced in 1992 and was com- ing mechanical gyros. It was also decided to supplement the with Denel’s Kenis continu- tender and hardware evalu- worldwide and has recently and crisp images, despite the pleted in March 2000. A total of 244 systems were manu- weapon gyro with an additional Feed Forward Gyro. Minor ous zoom thermal imager, ation. This achievement undergone a delta develop- vibration and movement of factured and consisted of three basic configurations. modifications were implemented on the elevation gearbox to daylight TV camera and auto bears testimony to the com- ment to incorporate Denel the helicopter. They are fit- At the time of the initial development of the Rooikat turret, reduce backlash and improve stiffness. This upgrade also tracking. The SAPS contract petitiveness of Denel Optron- Optronics’ LEO-II laptop con- ted with a daylight TV zoom the best available technology was implemented and the per- required extensive upgrade to the control software. also provides for internal ics products. trol unit with a view to enter camera, as well as a thermal formance of the turret was comparable to similar systems During Phase 1 of the development, it was found that the equipment (including an op- The SAPS had released an the fixed-wing and helicopter imager that gives it 24-hour worldwide. During the latter part of the 90s however, the capacity of the existing computer was not sufficient to cater erator console with inte- open international Request market. all-weather capability. SANDF realised that technology had made great strides. It for this upgraded software. A second development phase grated LCD monitor and for Quotation last year with The Goshawk 350 is one of Its advanced multi-sensor was decided to improve some performance and reliability as- was then initiated to allow for the development of new proc- VCR), external role equip- proposal submissions sched- a family of electro-optic sta- imaging technology makes it pects of the Rooikat, making use of the latest technology. essor and interface cards. The new processor cards had to ment and the supply and in- uled for November 2005. bilised airborne observation ideal for law enforcement Development orders were placed on OMC for the vehicle and interface with the older hardware in the computer. terface to digital microwave Ground and airborne evalua- and surveillance systems de- operations. Denel’s most re- Denel Land Systems for the turret. downlink systems. The success of the upgrade development was proven during tions of the short-listed bid- veloped and manufactured by cent international customer The major objective of the turret upgrade was to: a successful firing trial with the development system in Feb- This virtual “eye in the sky” ders took place in February Denel Optronics. Others in of the LEO II is the Buenos system will allow the SAPS 2006. the portfolio are the LEO (ci- Aires Police in Argentina. ! Improve the gun drive system and fire-control ruary 2005. After completion of this firing trial, four addi- tional Rooikat systems were upgraded as part of the industri- to deploy their helicopters for The Goshawk 350 system is vilian and police applications), Denel’s LEO system is suc- computer to provide better weapon stabilization and all weather and day / night and Argos (military applica- cessfully used by Police Air target acquisition characteristics alisation phase. the system of choice where crime prevention, law en- a compact, low mass, high- tions). The latter has been Support Units on five conti- ! Improve some man-machine-interface functions All four systems completed the factory acceptance success- forcement and border surveil- fitted to the SA Navy’s Su- nents – from the Americas ! Improve the performance of the commander sight fully and were subsequently delivered to the SANDF for evalu- reliability solution with pay- lance operations. load sensor variety and per Lynx 300 naval helicop- to Europe, Middle East and ! Develop new commander and loader hatches with new ation during a user Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E). ter. Asia Pacific - in some twenty Denel Optronics won the modularity are required. It functionalities As a result of the successful development work, the SANDF countries around the world. ! Improve the commander seat decided to contract Denel to retrofit all 76 Rooikat turrets. SAPS contract against stiff has a proven track record Sophisticated gyro stabiliza- ! Implement some additional minor modifications to the international competition, in- with Unmanned Aerial Vehi- tion in all these systems en- turret. volving thorough independent cle (UAV) manufacturers sures exceptionally stable Finland Signs for the Umkhonto Following successful tri- fitted with a live warhead) on ready selected the Um- Hamina and Hameenma als of the Umkhonto-IR 27 March 2006. It inter- khonto-IR system in 2002 class vessels. The Finnish surface-to-air missile in cepted and completely de- for its Squadron 2000 Navy will now receive the South Africa, Finland’s stroyed a Skua target drone project, it activated an option first batch of the Umkhonto- navy signed a contract in less than favourable con- in the original contract IR missiles for integra- with Denel Aerospace ditions (significant wind and for installation of the tion on the six vessels Missile System Systems to acquire wave action prevailed at the missiles in Finland. over a period of 15 March it completed its Um- now proven performance and the ship. A number of mis- the Denel missile system time). This successful out- months. Denel had in the in- khonto system evaluation on special features, notably its siles (up to eight or more) can for its Squadron 2000 come was achieved at an in- terim executed With the SA Navy’s the second corvette. In par- multiple target and vertical be launched at different tar- project. tercept range exceeding the the contract to missile launch on 27 allel, successful firing trials launch capability, combined gets simultaneously. Chief of the Finnish Navy, design requirement. supply the on- The Umkhonto-IR mis- were also carried out from with a competitive proposal, Equipped with an IR (infra- Admiral Holstrum who at- The fact that Finland, as a board fire con- sile is a vertically- the first Finnish vessel in mid counted in favour of the red) seeker and sophisticated tended the trials at the OTB member of the European Un- trol system on launched, high-veloc- 2006. Denel product. guidance systems, including Test Range near Bredasdorp ion (EU), opted to activate Finland’s new ity, infrared homing Typically the Umkhonto-IR The missile is launched from a digital autopilot, the Um- in the Western Cape Prov- the Umkhonto-IR contract missile specifically de- surface-to-air missile system a set of sealed and pressu- khonto-IR missile homes in on signed to provide all- ince, expressed satisfaction creates a solid platform for acts as a ship’s primary de- rised cylindrical launch can- its target after launch. Such round defence against with the Umkhonto missile’s future marketing and fensive weapon against in- isters installed aboard the in-flight guidance, known as simultaneous air at- performance. sales of Denel’s coming sea-skimming mis- vessel. Launched vertically “lock-on-after-launch”, saves tacks by both fixed- products elsewhere The SAS Spioenkop, the SA siles and other air threats like with autonomous flight con- time thus allowing for supe- wing and rotary- in the world. winged aircraft, and Navy’s second Meko-class attack aircraft. It is trol, the Umkhonto-IR missile rior protection of the vessel. missiles. corvette, launched an opera- Although the Finn- believed the Um- system provides for all round tional Umkhonto (i.e. missile ish navy had al- khonto-IR missile’s protection (360° cover) of The missile and its as- sociated subsystems can easily be inte- grated into naval com- bat suites and ground- based air defence sys- tems. The SAS Spioenkop, the SA Navy’s second Meko-class corvette. When fully commissioned, the Spioenkop will be armed with the Umkhonto missile system and Denel 35 DPG guns. MODULAR COMBAT VEHICLE FOR PROJECT “HOEFYSTER” At a recent function hosted by Denel Land Systems, LMT and Patria, stakeholders Scenes from the had the opportunity to experience the impressive MCV first hand. demonstration at Gerotek Project Hoefyster is an In- ing operations in the rest of army 690. The AMV is a fantry Fighting Vehicle Africa -hence the need for a family of vehicles, compris- (IFV) programme to re- more modern AFV that offers ing three models. The AMV place the SA Army’s fleet better protection. basic model, the AMV sys- of Ratel 6x6 armoured Programme stakeholders tem platform, and the AMV fighting vehicles (AFVs). were invited to the Gerotek module carrier. The Ratel, which originally testing facility west of Pre- The basic model can be entered service 30 years ago, toria. They were offered the adapted to a number of roles, was a world-leader at the opportunity to actually ride hence the modular concept. time and included a number in the MCV during high-speed These include an armoured of variants including vehicles runs, over rough ground de- personnel carrier, infantry equipped with a 20mm can- signed to test the vehicle sus- fighting vehicle, command non, a 90mm gun, anti-ar- pension, and to experience vehicle, ambulance, fire sup- mour missile launchers, mor- the MCV’s phenomenal port vehicle, tank destroyer tar vehicles, and fire support climbing capability during in- (armed with missiles or vehicles. cline testing. guns), and mortar carrier. Despite being upgraded more Armscor issued a request for The system platform model than once, the Ratels are proposals for Project has a large rear compartment becoming obsolete, as there Hoefyster early in 2004. A and can be fitted as a work- has been much progress in consortium comprising shop vehicle, headquarters the design and manufacture Denel, Land Systems OMC, vehicle, or larger ambulance. of armour and AFVs since European conglomerate -BAE The vehicle is fitted with a they were originally built. Systems Land Systems and Denel Land Systems turret Hand-held anti-armour weap- Finnish vehicle designer and equipped with day/night ons like the well-known, So- manufacturer Patria, put to- sights and laser-range find- viet-era RPG-7, have evolved gether a bid based on the ing capability. A number of their armour-piercing capa- Patria 8x8 Armoured Modu- choices are available for the bilities to a level where they lar Vehicle (AMV) chassis main armament ranging from are capable of disabling ve- with a Denel turret. a medium calibre cannon to hicles such as the Ratel and The Patria AMV has the ad- mortar and missile options. the US Bradley AFV. vantages of being a new de- Our team had to integrate the This does not bode well for sign, and one that is already turret with the Patria AMV the SA Army which is in- in production in Europe. To chassis in record time to creasingly being committed date, the Finnish army has meet the Armscor require- to peacekeeping and monitor- ordered 124 and the Polish ment in time. Denel FIRST HAWKS DELIVERED TO AFB shatters artillery MAKHADO records The first Hawk Mk120 lead-in fighter trainers for the South African Air Force (SAAF) took off from Denel Aviation on 24 May 2006 for AFB Makhado, witnessed The first two SAAF Hawks fly in by the media and members of the SAAF, Armscor and close formation en-route to their industry project teams. new home Delivery of the two aircraft mark a significant milestone in built in the democratic South Africa… and that these aero- the fulfilment of South Africa’s 1999 joint procurement or- planes and their constituent components represent the la- der for 24 Hawk and 28 Gripen fighters. Since then further bours and dedication of a whole new generation of young, batches of the Hawks completed at Denel were flown to talented and professional South African men and women, black Makhado to start the SAAF’s training programme there. and white.” With the exception of Hawk SA 001, the flight test and de- In a continuing drive to improve its acknowledged lead velopment aircraft built in the , all of the in tubed artillery systems, Denel shattered all previ- SAAF’s other Hawks were assembled at Denel’s Kempton ous artillery records by firing 75km earlier this year. Park facilities. This range improvement was achieved on 11 April 2006 with the latest G6-52L, Denel’s extended range version of its re- In terms of an Industrial Participation agreement with BAE nowned G6 self-propelled artillery system. It fired V-LAP pro- Systems, Denel is the exclusive manufacturer of tailplanes, jectiles which use both base-bleed and rocket-assist technol- airbrakes and flaps for the Hawk, with these components ogy to extend the range. already being incorporated onto aircraft operated by or being The ammunition was conditioned at 50°C as part of a safety built for South Africa, India, Bahrain and the UK’s Royal Air qualification for an upcoming manned user trial. The gun Force. fired at an elevation of 1 000 metres above sea level at the Other South African aerospace companies, notably ATE, Aero- Alkantpan firing range near Prieska in the Northern Cape Prov- ince. What makes this achievement more remarkable is the space Monitoring Systems (AMS) and Tellumat are also in- excellent consistency achieved, with a probable error of only volved in the programme. They provide the Hawk’s combat 0.38% of range fired. avionics and navigation suite, flight recorders (often referred to the aircraft’s “black box” recorders), Health Usage Moni- “We’ll be able to further improve on this accuracy in future by applying range correcting fuse technology on which Denel toring Systems (HUMS) and identification transponders that has started to work,” explained Mr. Bastiaan Verhoek, Ex- enable pilots to distinguish hostile aircraft from friendly ones. ecutive Manager: Business Development at Denel Land Sys- Small BEE firms are part of the local supply chain on the tems. Hawk programme, with support equipment on the Denel final Artillery systems in many parts of the world, such as within assembly line having been built by several SMME companies. NATO, are specified to fire shorter ranges, mainly in the in- SAAF Director Air Force Acquisition, Brig Gen. Philip Willcock, terest of standardization. “For these requirements we do supply guns and ammunition systems too, but because we commended all the contractual parties, including Denel, for above:The Hawk assembly line at Denel use the same design technologies, Denel can do so with much completion of “the enormous task to date.” He said the deliv- Aerostructures. more confidence and greater margins of safety,” he added. ery event of the first two Hawks “demonstrates that the Hawk project is progressing well.” “With these latest firing trials, Denel showed that it remained right: SAAF Hawks - 051 and 052 are the world leader in development of long range artillery ballis- Mr Mike Rennardson, BAE Systems Project Director, said he prepared for their delivery flight to AFB tic systems,” Verhoek concluded. was very proud that “Hawk is the first jet aircraft ever to be Makhado. News in and around Denel German Army V-LAP Ammunition Trials V-LAP (Velocity-enhanced Long Range Artillery Projectile) is a rocket- The German army recently visited our assisted 155mm projectile that extends the operational range of shores with their PzH2000 self-propelled most gun howitzers by ± 10km. artillery system to try out Naschem’s V-LAP enables 155mm gun howitzers to engage enemy battle units while remaining well beyond the range of counter artillery fire. world-class V-LAP 155mm ammunition. The Denel 155mm Munich, April 17, 2006 - The Howitzer 2000 Tank fired the V-LAP projectile. long-range V-LAP ammunition from Denel over a distance of more than 56 kilometres during ammunition tests in South Africa. This result was achieved with six DM72 propellant system modules. This new benchmark for the PzH2000 rep- resents an increase of more than 40% compared to ranges of 40 kilometres previously achieved with base-bleed artillery projectiles. The performance certificate was arranged by the German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) on behalf of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann at the Alkantpan test range (South Africa). Site boundaries of the testing grounds limited the elevation to a maximum of only 737 mils. Based on sea-level standard conditions, the system has a po- tential range capability of more than 60 km using an eleva- tion of 980 mils. This capability extends the operational en- velope of the Howitzer 2000 Tank as a classic 155mm/52 artillery weapon into the domain previously reserved for rocket artillery.

V-LAP Ammunition V-LAP technology combines base drag reduction and rocket propulsion, and is deployed for both the Assegai and ERFB families of Denel 155mm Artillery projectiles. The V-LAP pro- jectile shares an identical external interface with all other projectiles from each particular projectile family. The joint Denel and German team poses V-LAP projectiles use the identical fuses, charges, packaging, alongside the 155mm-52, PzH2000 “Euro- storage and logistics that are required for the total projectile Howitzer” family. The Assegai V-LAP projectile includes an insensitive The A400M warhead main filling as well as PFF (Pre-Formed Fragmenta- The Howitzer 2000 Tank is characterized by complete au- tion) warhead technology and is compatible with most 39-, tonomy in navigation and fire control, high shooting cadence, 45- and 52-calibre artillery systems. and a previous range of more than 40 kilometres. and South Africa Howitzer 2000 Tank A highly precise weapons aiming system and stable weapons The Howitzer 2000 Tank, a product of Krauss-Maffei platform enable a high cadence and precise striking position. What exactly does the purchase ofthe A400M mean to Wegmann, is currently the most modern tube artillery system The Howitzer 2000 Tank is an essential element of combat South Africa,and more specifically, to Denel. in the world. It is used by Germany, Greece, Italy, and The support, even in future application and crisis scenarios. Netherlands, which is why the Howitzer 2000 Tank is also Krauss-Maffei Wegmann press release referred to as the Euro-howitzer.

Land Systems Denel Land Systems (DLS) recently landed a hard-fought tender to supply SS77 machine Successful in guns and M4 mortars to the South America Colombian army. Denel Land Systems (DLS) was awarded a tender to supply the Colombian army with 1 000 SS77 machineguns and a large number of M4MK1 mor- On 28 April 2005 the South African government ropean launch nations,” said Francisco Fernández-Sáinz, tars after a nail-biting ad- signed a contract with Airbus Military making the Managing Director of Airbus Military. “On the basis that judication process involv- country a partner in the A400M airlifter programme. South Africa will take delivery of 8 aircraft, we will place ing stiff competition. The final contract, signed in Pretoria by Minister of work packages with industry worth at least 400 million Defence, Mosiuoa Lekota, followed a Memorandum Euros”. Beating the nine companies of Intention signed at the end of 2004. that participated in the ten- Negotiations between the Government and Airbus Military der process wasn’t easy but Through its stake in the aircraft programme, South Afri- have led to design and manufacturing contracts as we re- we did it. At the time of ca’s industry will participate in the design, engineering, port in the front page article. Denel and Aerosud have signing the contract was industrialisation, manufacture and in-service support of the engaged Airbus Military to develop the details of industrial worth R81 million. The SS77 (top) and A400M. The partnership agreement coincides with the partnership contracts around specific dedicated work-share Mini SS machineguns launch of an initiative to secure and further develop South packages. This contract is Denel’s big- Africa’s aerospace manufacturing capabilities and capaci- The Government has committed to procure and take deliv- gest single machinegun or- ties, as announced by the Minister of Public Enterprises, der. ery of between 8 and 14 aircraft as the programme ma- Mr. Alec Erwin, in his 2006 Budget Vote Speech to Parlia- tures between 2010 and 2014. The cost of 8 aircraft would The Colombian army had ment. be 837 million Euros. In addition to the industrial benefits, been waiting for the delivery Minister Erwin said, “we are not an ordinary buyer of this the South African National Defence Force will receive a of a previous order for 350 aircraft. We are part of the production consortium.” It modern transport aircraft that will provide vital strategic mortars before they could has been estimated that more than 3 160 jobs could be airlift capability in support of South Africa and the African announce their decision on created locally through the Airbus deal. continent. The first delivery to the South African Air Force this order. According to Airbus Military, in signing-up as a partner in is scheduled for 2010. The army has also requested the Airbus Military A400M programme, South Africa is a presentation on the possi- securing a vital role for its industry in this international produced by : ble joint manufacturing of programme. This initiative will see South Africa joining in Denel Corporate Affairs mortars, and SS77 at ground-level, delivering sustainable opportunities for machineguns between South export oriented industrial activity over the next 30 to 50 Africa and Colombia. years. Tel: 27 + 12 + 671-2757 Fax: 27 + 12 + 671-2793 “Such is our esteem for South Africa as a partner, that Web: www.denel.co.za we have accepted South Africa’s investment in the A400M Email: [email protected] An SA Army mortar team in action using Denel equipment. programme under similar terms to those of the seven Eu-