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SANDF Sherpa Parachute System. GPS guided parachute drops. Load can be programmed to drop within a few meters of target, depending on weather.

lionel4power:
That Tanzanian trooper is weilding two rifles.

Nobody is covering the rear!!! wheres Frumetius?

Where is "the rear" in this picture?

SAAF Lynx seen through SA Navy submarine periscope.

MiddleDimension:
any problem?

Oh nothing, don't mind me. No problem at all

MiddleDimension:
when will they go into IFVs and MBTs?

MBT's?

Gecko 8 x 8

SANDF internal deployment

SA troops deployed in troubled parts of Cape Town, facing an explosion in gang related violence.

61mech:
Tilt wing aircraft seem much simpler than these things. And they were building them in the 60's in the US.
Looks cool, but from a engineering perspective there is a lot of unproven custom parts going into this.
Tilt wings are super simple and you can use mostly COTS parts.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCd2FqTJKs0

Probably yes, unless they've come up with an ingenious design.

New low cost South African APC. Bruiser 112.

2 crew upfront, 10 troops in the back.

South African designed Pegasus vertical takeoff jet demonstrator planned for 2020

South Africa’s Pegasus Universal Aerospace is developing a vertical takeoff and landing jet and has started work building a full-scale demonstrator to display in Europe in 2020.

The vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) jet is called the Pegasus One and is intended to combine the convenience of helicopters with the benefits of jet travel. It is aimed at travellers looking for transportation between busy urban airports, small and unpaved landing areas, yachts and regular helipads, amongst others. Other applications include serving the oil and gas industry and medevac. One of its key selling points is that it does away with the need for transport to and from airports – potentially cutting journey times 45% when driving at each end of a flight is taken into account.

Pegasus is targeting a 4 400 km range from runway take-off or 2 124 km with vertical takeoff and landing with a planned cruise speed of 796 km/h. The aircraft will feature six to eight seats with power provided by two 2 300 shp turboshaft engines (most likely GE CT7-8s) – these provide power to rear thrust fans for horizontal flight and will also power four lift fans in the wings. Depending on take-off option – VTOL or runway – Pegasus One will be able to fly for three and a half to six hours, supporting direct, point-to-point travel. Pegasus One will weigh around 5 700 kg.

Dr Reza Mia, who founded Pegasus in 2012, believes the aircraft will be ready for certification and deliveries in five to seven years’ time. Pegasus estimates it will spend around $500 million to bring the aircraft to market. The aircraft will be developed at the Pegasus facility in Gauteng, but options to establish alternate full production facilities are also being explored in the USA and/or Europe.

Work is underway on a full-scale demonstrator which will be brought to London in 2020 to start a demonstration tour of Europe. India and China are also key markets. A one-eighth scale model has undergone testing to validate its flight characteristics and patents have been taken out for the design.

https://m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sami-continues-partnership-talks-with-south-africas-denel-after-rebuff-2019-07-16

SAMI continues partnership talks with South Africa's Denel after rebuff.

Saudi Arabia's State defence company is continuing to hold commercial partnership talks with South Africa's Denel, which said this month it would not sell a stake to the Saudi firm.

Denel CE Danie du Toit told Reuters the State-owned company was open to partnerships but would not sell equity or relinquish intellectual property rights to SAMI, which last year made a $1-billion bid for a broad partnership.

We have ongoing talks," Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) CE Andreas Schwer told Reuters on Monday.

"Acquiring a stake is just one option but various options are still there."


He said that included partnering on programmes or working on greenfield projects.

SAMI, established in 2017, is mandated to develop a commercially sustainable defence industry in Saudi Arabia.

It has signed over two dozen agreements with international companies to develop the domestic industry, and this month it was announced SAMI would collaborate with South African private defence firm Paramount Group.

Saudi Arabia and its allies account for almost half of South Africa's recent arms exports and a significant portion of future orders.

Henry240:
The French should consider the Wolf Special Forces Vehicle instead.

Come back to reality, before its too late.

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SANDF troops on the border with Mozambique have killed 2 Mozambican policemen in a cross border shooting incident. Details sketchy.

Henry240:
South-African Paratroopers wearing HALO/HAHO jump suits.

New system which comes with a simulator.

South Africa's Electronic Warfare Capabilities

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) continues to deliver its Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) devices, used in electronic warfare applications, to customers around the world.

The CSIR said the DRFM is at Technology Readiness Level nine (the system is used in operational conditions) and has been used in laboratories and in field deployments with end users on five continents, against operational surface and air-based radar systems. Currently, the CSIR is delivering the fifth generation of this system to an end user. In total, more than 110 DRFMs have been delivered over the past 20 years.

Digital Radio Frequency Memory devices are typically used in operational systems such as fighters to generate jamming waveforms that would protect it against radar threats. The DRFM receives a radio frequency emission from a threat radar then modulates the signal and returns a delayed version of the radar emission to the radar, creating a false target for spoofing or jamming the threat radar system.

The CSIR said its DRFM is highly programmable, operates over a wide frequency band and is able to generate high fidelity emissions. The DRFM is used in CSIR laboratories and forms the core of its Electronic Warfare (EW) Environment Simulator Systems. These EW projects evaluate a radar’s robustness against jamming as well as providing acceptance testing of new radars; research and development in radar technology; training of both pilots and incoming engineers; and doctrine development.

“Several similar products exist in the world, but capabilities of the CSIR product have been proven to be unique,” the Council said. The CSIR system is also not ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) controlled.

Simulators

The DRFM device is used to test and evaluate electronic warfare and radar equipment. The CSIR has dedicated simulators, including a radar test and evaluation system which can simulate targets with electromagnetic countermeasures and environmental clutter. The system can be used to evaluate a radar’s robustness against jamming, in the acceptance of new radars, training and research and development.

This radar test/simulation technology has been developed over 20 years and is now in its fifth generation. It has been used by the South African National Defence Force for radar testing, as well as users on five continents against operational surface and air-based radar systems. “A solid international market exists – with return clients – in the Far East,” the CSIR said. International contract funding is currently supporting the technology.

Whilst competing products do exist, the CSIR says it has published evidence it outperforms competitors in certain areas and the system is also not controlled by ITAR. “This ensures the system is designed around end user requirements.”

Aside from its radar simulator, the CSIR has developed its Sensors and Electronic Warfare Engagement Simulation (SEWES) system, in which any number of platforms, consisting of any number of sensors and EW systems, can engage with each other.

SEWES is used by defence research institutes for electronic warfare effectiveness evaluation, doctrine development and training. Decision makers can simulate ‘what if’ questions using SEWES to develop and evaluate doctrine.

Naval, air and ground platforms can be added to the simulator, with each platform having its own command and control centre from where all interactions between system models are controlled and observed. Engagement scenarios are visualised in a 3D environment.

“SEWES is clearly viewed as one of the most advanced EW simulators in the world,” the CSIR said. “It is currently licensed to a number of users such as defence research institutes internationally.”

Image: CSIR DRFM module

SA Navy testing new locally designed submarine escape system.

P.S The escape system is fitted inside the tower of the submarine.

Peacekeeping

SAAF Hawks

SAAF student pilot.

SAAF Hawk pilot.

CSIR high speed wind tunnel.

SAAF Pilatus trainers.

Indiza, short range hand launched drone. Used by SANDF.

"The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is getting ready for flight testing of its Long Endurance Modular Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (LEMU), which will take to the air before the end of the year.

The LEMU can be flown with multiple engine configurations, including petrol and electric. The petrol engine version will fly first.

There are three LEMU airframes: two with a configuration similar to the Modular UAV on which the LEMU is based (one petrol engine powered and one fitted with electric motors) and a single fuselage variant with either power plant. The CSIR has also considered hydrogen fuel cells as a power source for LEMU as they have a very high energy density and would provide a 12 hour endurance in addition to being quieter and more reliable than internal combustion."

kikuyu1:
Saffas,tell us-can we expect anything new from Ramaphosa? Will he increase your defence budget to a level commensurate with a GDP per capita of 7000$,1.2 m km2 and continental ambitions? Will we see at least one more squadron of Grips,with one twin engine deep strike FSB squadron along with the implementation of the rest of delayed projects like more lift or more of the same? If as frumentius,it was IIRC who said,"the Grips will fly til they fall out of the sky," that will be a loss for all Africans.
Anything cooking?

Edit: I specifically recall Eeben Barlow saying on his blog a Western diplomat actually told him outright:"SA is too large and would ideally be broken up into at least 3 different nations." !!? Jack Miller may be just testing the waters with his 'Free the Cape,' noise,but maybe not! Saffas,don't get caught offside.

Simple answer. No. Not anytime soon. No cash.

Henry240:
You have to remember, the Egyptian Air Force has 600 fighter jets, includes 200+ F-16s (only the US and Turkey has more), 30+ MIG-29M's (MIG-35 without AESA radars) and 24 Rafale fighter jets.

You cannot compare the ability of the EAF response to these kind of attacks to any nation in Africa.

Edit: Actually never mind. That won't end well.

Henry240:
I copied it from a Russian site. If I post it here, the spambot will flag it as a spam and suspend my account.

Hmm...oright.

Henry240:
We can clearly see from this photo the hull of the Mbombe 6x6 could not stop the round.

The 14.5mm round tore through the hull if the Mbombe.

Source on 14.5 mm?

SA troops in heavy DRC ambush/firefight.

The Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Lt-Gen Solly Shoke has commended SANDF members forming part of the United Nations (UN) Force Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for their bravery during a “severe ambush laid on them by rebels” on Thursday.

The SANDF quick reaction force (QRF) was activated when the “illegal armed group from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)” launched an attack a DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) base in Ngite, north of Mavivi, which was within the South African battalion’s area of responsibility, the SANDF said in a statement.

The South African peacekeepers on their way to Ngite were ambushed by the ADF and managed to “fight their way through”, and continued to Ngite to reinforce the FARDC.

“On arrival, under heavy fire, [a] ferocious fight ensued and the QRF and FARDC fought fiercely and managed to inflict heavy causalities against these ADF. The ADF suffered 23 casualties killed in action (KIA) and over 14 AK 47s, other weapons, and equipment were captured. No KIAs were registered on the QRF, but one member sustained a gunshot wound on the right foot. This SANDF soldier was treated and is in a stable condition,” the SANDF said.

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“Their deeds of bravery and committed service in pursuance of peace demonstrate that the SANDF soldiers are well equipped for any task and committed to the realisation of stability on the continent. The chief of the SANDF would like to reassure South Africans that their soldiers have regrouped and resumed their mandate as part of the main force tasked by the United Nations to advance peace and stability in the DRC.

“Having recently honoured the memory of all UN peacekeepers who lost their lives in preserving peace during the UN International Peacekeepers Day on 29 May 2019, as South Africans and peace-loving Africans, we owe it to these brave men and women who fought fearlessly, forcing the ADF to abandon their dead and weapons, in pursuit of peace and stability in the DRC,” the SANDF statement said.

https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2138004/sandf-chief-commends-sa-soldiers-following-severe-rebels-ambush/?fbclid=IwAR1hNqjUwQt3gg2y7IbXv1aBIuE0tfGrEgMAta_xQkYW712SoJlV9mLd4NY

Pic unrelated to article, but still in DRC.

ActivateKruger:
Dude, what's your problem? Kids assembled an aircraft and you're being a bitch about it. Stop it...... and that's a Sling not a Cessna.

You simply have to look at the first pic to understand what is wrong with the process. Sling or Cessna....are they not both light aircraft with mechanical parts? Even if it was supervised by PhD aeronautical engineers, its not anywhere near being best practice.