This year’s edition of the Children’s Flight, held on 25 July at Wonderboom National Airport, was especially significant — not only did it mark a decade of the Children’s Flight, but it also ...

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Egypt has requested the purchase of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems from the United States in a deal worth $4.67 billion. The US State Department approved the possible Foreign ...

One of the South African Navy’s three new multi-mission inshore patrol vessels (MMIPVs) – SAS King Sekhukhune I – has a new ...

An Armscor tender shows the SA Air Force (SAAF) is attempting to improve the availability of its radar systems – essential in ...

South Africans have been re-assured by the country’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans it has no undeclared stockpiles of hazardous or warfare chemicals, nor any intent or practice placing it ...

Prison sentences totalling 27 years were handed to a pair of former Central African Republic (CAR) Anti-Balaka militia leaders by the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week. Alfred Yekatom and ...

The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has commended the South African Police Service (SAPS) for their swift and decisive action in apprehending suspects linked ...

One year after Armormax announced its status as a Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM), it has released details of its newly developed Security Variant based on a Ford Ranger Double Cab. Development ...

At the IDEF 2025 defence exhibition currently underway in Istanbul, Turkey’s Aselsan has signed its first local production ...

Airbus has marked two milestones in its South African operations by celebrating over 30 years of Airbus Helicopters in the country, and launching a new Customer Support Centre in Johannesburg. At its ...

Western Mali, bordering Mauritania and Senegal, is increasingly a target for terrorist attacks. Given the strategic ...