Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Thursday, September 26, 2013

► NIGER: Air Force's two Diamond DA42s' upgrade to be footed by the US Navy.

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The US Navy will reportedly foot the bill for an upgrade to the Nigerien Air Forces' fleet of two Diamond Aircraft DA42 surveillance ...
Monday, September 2, 2013

► CAMEROON: Russia, Cameroon sign deal for undisclosed number of Mil Mi-17 choppers.

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During the recently ended MAKS 2013 International Aviation & Space Salon held at Moscow's Ramenskoye Airport, Russia and Cameroon...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Denel SOC posts strong $7.3million net profit for 2012/13 Financial Year as revenue grows 10%.

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South African state owned aerospace and defence technology conglomerate, Denel SOC Ltd, has posted a net profit of USD7.33million (ZAR71mil...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Eurocopter authorizes Denel Aviation to provide MRO services to Super Pumas.

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Eurocopter has expanded its partnership with South Africa’s Denel Aviation on helicopter repair and maintenance. Under the new contract w...
Monday, July 8, 2013

► ETHIOPIA: Russia in talks to sell Ethiopia 18 Sukhoi Su-30K multirole fighters.

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Russian state arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, is reportedly in talks with Ethiopia over the sale of eighteen Sukhoi Su-30K Multirole fighte...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

► NIGER: Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet crashes during reconnaisance mission near Niamey; 2 dead.

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A Nigerian Air Force Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet on operations in Dargol , 60 km west of Niamey, capital of Niger , crashed at 13h05L yeste...
Friday, May 3, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: SACAA threatens action against operator of chartered Jet Airways A330 that landed at military airbase.

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The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is considering taking action against "the operator" of a Jet Airways (9W) Airb...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

► SEYCHELLES: Air Force takes delivery of first Do-228 Patrol aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics.

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The Seychelles Air Force has taken delivery of a Dornier 228 patrol aircraft following a donation from the government of India as agreed ...
Monday, April 15, 2013

■ LIBYA: Ministry of Transport to replace Tripoli's radar system; to increase civilian/military airspace monitoring.

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Libya's Ministry of Transport is set to beef up the country's ability to monitor both civilian and military air traffic through t...
Sunday, March 3, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Tough break for Denel AMG employees as just 139 out of 523 are to be retained under new SAAF deal.

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South African trade union, Solidarity, has announced that only 139 employees out of 523 will be retained on a new aircraft maintenance cont...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

► ETHIOPIA: Military claims to have pioneered country's first home-grown UAV.

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Unnamed military sources in Ethiopia state that the country has pioneered its own indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or drone. The UA...
Monday, February 11, 2013

► LIBERIA: Guinean CASA CN235 goes down near Monrovia; 11 dead.

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A CASA CN-235 transport plane ( MSN N020 | 3X-GGG ) belonging to the République de Guinée (Republic of Guinea) crashed at 07h30L near Ch...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

► BRAZIL: Angolan Air Force takes delivery of three Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft.

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Brazil's Embraer Defense and Security today delivered the first three of six light attack and advanced training A-29 Super Tucano tur...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

► CHAD: Congolese government provides Chad with Il76 to aide with deployment of 2'000 troops to Mali.

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The Congolese government has made ​​available its Ilyushin Il76 ( MSN 1033415504 | TN-AFS ) transpor...