South Africans could see a boost to opportunities to sell to the UK defence industry – and UK small and medium size businesses are also being encouraged to look to Africa, according to the regional director of the UK's Trade & Investment department, (UKTI)
Lockheed Martin is confident that its relaunched LM100J will see further sales in Africa following a successful relaunch of the civil variant of the popular Super Hercules military transporter.
A NIGERIAN Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet, serial number NAF-466, went missing on September 12 in the far northeast of the country. It was not until two days later on September 14 that the NAF revealed the aircraft had disappeared. There has been no word on the possible fate of the aircraft and its two-man crew.
Airbus Defence and Space is to sell off a number of its business divisions in order to focus on Space (launchers & satellites), military aircraft, missiles and the related systems and services.
The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has contracted AAR to set up a dedicated rotary-wing operation to provide airlift for its Africa Command across four central African countries beginning next month.
Probably no other naval officer attracted more attention during the U.S.-hosted Rimpac 2014 (June 26-Aug. 1) than People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Sr. Capt. Zhao Xiaogang, commander of the four-ship task force China sent to the biennial maritime exercise. This was China’s first Rimpac (Rim of Pacific) exercise, and its vessels conducted multilateral operations with other navies off Hawaii.
Airbus Defence and Space, has signed as the leader of the industrial team - including Thales Alenia Space as co-prime contractor - a contract with the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAEAF) for the development, manufacture and launch of Falcon Eye, a high-performance optical Earth-observation satellite system.
