PROFILE LAND SYSTEMS | NAVAL SYSTEMS | AEROSPACE | ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LEADERS IN DEFENCE AND SECURITY INNOVATION LEADERS IN AEROSPACE & SECURITY INNOVATION 2 A GLOBAL BUSINESS Central Asia Europe South East Asia Middle East Latin America Africa www.paramountgroup.com 25 PANTONE 281 C PANTONE 871 C SOUTH AFRICA: CENTRE OF INNOVATION Pilot Academy AHRLAC Testing Facility Paramount Vehicle Test Facility Advanced Technologies K9 Training School Paramount Aerospace Paramount Blade Production Paramount Group Head Office Paramount Combat Systems Paramount Naval Systems Paramount International Marketing Paramount Nautic Veecraft Anchor Boats www.paramountgroup.com PANTONE 281 C PANTONE 871 C CONTENTS 1 Overview 12 Electronic Systems 2 Portable Manufacturing 15 State of the Art Naval Systems 3 Innovative Finance 16 Advanced Technologies 4 Continuous Innovation 18 National Aerospace 5 Capabilities 19 Peacekeeping 6 Ground Breaking Land systems 21 Internal Security 10 Pioneering Aerospace Programmes 22 Making a Difference OVERVIEW Paramount Group is a world leader in Paramount Group has one of the strongest aerospace and security innovation with aerospace offerings in Africa comprising an exceptional reputation for developing supersonic fighter aircraft solutions, air and delivering integrated solutions force establishment, systems integration, for aerospace, internal security and avionics, UAVs, sighting and mission peacekeeping forces across the world. sensors. The largest privately-owned aerospace Integrating advanced systems that extend and aerospace business in Africa, it has the mission performance and lifespan unique capabilities in land systems, of fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and aerospace, naval systems, advanced unmanned airborne vehicles is a key technologies and electronic systems. competence. Since its inception in 1994, Paramount The Group also offers the manufacture, Group has established itself as a global maintenance and refurbishment of naval innovator with the development of one vessels including light strike craft, rapid of the world’s most advanced families intervention and off shore patrol vessels of armoured combat vehicles, and a at its own facilities. revolutionary reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, the first aerial Paramount Group is a trusted partner of platform of its kind. sovereign governments around the world. 1 PORTABLE MANUFACTURING Doing things differently is an important differentiator of Paramount Group. The company has pioneered a portable manufacturing model which enables in-country manufacturing, the transfer of technology and skills and the creation of local job opportunities. Depending on the requirements of the client this could also result in the development of a aerospace industrial complex creating significant benefits for the economy. Paramount has a manufacturing model which enables technology transfer and the creation of local job opportunities. 2 INNOVATIVE FINANCE The ability to set up a wide range of innovative funding structures is one of Paramount Group’s core competencies, which enables the client to procure traditionally hard to finance packages. Its comprehensive finance capability incorporates a wide range of innovative funding structures compliant with IMF and World Bank requirements. Paramount’s experience in this area enables its clients to procure finance packages to suit their available resources. This allows Paramount to create aerospace solutions that are affordable as well as best-in- class. The ability to set up a wide range of innovative funding structures is one of Paramount Group’s core competencies. 3 CONTINUOUS INNOVATION By embracing world-class technologies and clean-sheet design, Paramount provides an environment that offers the flexibility and creative space to tailor-make solutions which challenge convention. Through continuous innovation at its Land systems and Aerospace Innovation Centres, Paramount is able to deliver ground breaking aerospace platforms and technologies which meet the most challenging requirements. Paramount Group has established itself as a global innovator with the development of one of the world’s most modern and advanced families of armoured combat vehicles and a revolutionary reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, the first aerial platform of its kind. 4 CAPABILITIES Paramount Group has proved that with the right technology and business model it can hold its own against the best in the world. The company has grown exponentially over the last five years through a number of strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, global partnerships and product innovations. It is now one of only a few aerospace companies that can offer its customers extensive capabilities across land, sea and air. Through aerospace industrial partnerships, Paramount has established joint ventures in many parts of the world for the establishment of local manufacturing, innovative technologies and skills development. Recently the Group has announced local manufacturing partnerships in Jordan and unveiled a new state of the art and the largest armoured vehicle factory in Central Asia. In South Africa, Paramount has four major manufacturing sites for armoured vehicles, naval vessels and aircraft which are located in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town. The company has started production of an aircraft factory for the production of MWARI, in a historic move that will see Africa’s first ever dedicated military aircraft factory of this scale and sophistication, that will manufacture locally designed and developed aircraft. In Cape Town the Group has recently expanded its manufacturing capacity through the construction of a brand new facility resulting in one of the largest shipbuilding facilities in Africa where vessels from nine meters to over 90 meters can be produced for the global market. 5 GROUND BREAKING COMBAT SYSTEMS All vehicles in the range provide Paramount Group Land systems offer a independent certification. They are designed exemplary performance in world-class family of armoured and mine to provide the best possible protection against survivability, mobility and firepower protected vehicles, state-of-the-art camp kinetic energy, IED and RPG attacks, ensuring systems, communications, force protection optimum survivability for the crew. and are tested to NATO specifications and logistics support. with independent certification. Paramount can provide a complete solution Meeting current and future threats on the for land forces and has extensive experience battlefield, urban warfare, counter insurgency, in equipping forces for national aerospace or public order, peacekeeping, border patrol peacekeeping missions. The Land Forces and surveillance, Paramount’s experienced solutions extend to the provision of fully design team has developed some of the most equipped and supported camp systems advanced armoured and mine-protected comprising troop accommodation, shelters, vehicles through clean sheet design. Our mobile kitchens, state-of-the-art field design team’s impeccable track record hospitals, power supply, water sanitation includes the design and production of well- and force protection infrastructure. established combat vehicles. Paramount Electronic Systems ensure Paramount’s armoured vehicle range currently that land forces are equipped with the comprises the Matador and Marauder Mine best communications infrastructure Protected Vehicles (MPV), the Maverick from command and control, satellite Internal Security Vehicle (ISV), the Mbombe communications, vehicle and personal 6 x 6 Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) and communications, to infrastructure and Mbombe 8 x 8, our latest new generation secure national networks. Paramount also Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). All vehicles in provides a full range of personal equipment the range provide exemplary performance including uniforms, protective gear, mine in survivability, mobility and firepower and detection and bomb disposal equipment. are tested to NATO specifications with 7 8 PIONEERING AEROSPACE PROGRAMMES Paramount Aerospace offers a range of staff Paramount Aerospace has also retained The MWARI is a revolutionary new solutions from supersonic fighter aircraft to the the vast amount of experience built up in African-designed and developed revolutionary MWARI, Air Force establishment Mirage F1 operation by the South African aircraft, destined for a significant and a unique Academy for pilot training. Air Force. The Mirage F1 represents an ideal solution for the introduction of supersonic role in a wide range of military tasks A ground-breaking project from Paramount Fighter capability to growing Air Forces around the world. Aerospace is the MWARI. It is a revolutionary coupled to Paramount’s ability to provide new African-designed and developed aircraft, full maintenance and ground support, pilot destined for a significant role in a wide range of training, air base overhaul and establishment. military tasks around the world. The two-crew aircraft can carry out a wide range of operations Paramount Group has a major stake in South including surveillance, policing, border/coastal Africa’s largest aeronautical engineering patrol and anti-smuggling, armed patrol and business, Aerosud. With customers including counter insurgency operations, disaster relief Airbus and Boeing, Aerosud has established and emergency supply to remote areas, and itself as a critical partner for the global intelligence gathering. aerospace industry. Aerosud is a risk-sharing partner in the A400M, the new military Paramount