The United States will deliver ten Boeing AH-64D Block II Apache helicopter to Egypt following the lifting of the suspension of military aid earlier this year, while a $3.5 billion arms deal with Russia is to include submarines, surface-to-air missiles and jets....

South African-based Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) and state-owned Indonesian PT Pindad have strengthened their partnership with the signing of a teaming agreement at the just-ended African Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition.

One who shares Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s enthusiasm for the Defence Review is Denel chief executive, Riaz Saloojee.

China is for the first time sending a submarine to the coast of East Africa to take part in anti-piracy patrols and escort tasks there.

The SA Navy will deploy warships on Africa’s west coast as far north as the Gulf of Guinea.

The latest addition to the arsenal keeping pirates at bay off the Horn of Africa is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

300 companies and 13 national pavilions at Africa Aerospace and Defence 2014 drew in an estimated 45 000 trade visitors from across the world who came to see aircraft, vehicles, vessels, weapons and equipment at AFB Waterkloof between September 17 and 19. Click...

Bell Helicopter has received new customer commitments for fourteen Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters in southern Africa, with nine coming during the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) show in Pretoria.

Part of the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2014 exhibition included a mobility track which gave vehicle manufacturers the chance to put their vehicles through the paces by climbing hills, fording a mud bath and crossing obstacles. Click here to view the gallery....

The first of two AgustaWestland AW101 VIP helicopters for the Nigerian Air Force has performed its maiden flight. Once delivered, it will join Nigeria’s helicopter fleet, which is set to expand following a recent order for an estimated 40 Mi-35M and Mi-171Sh...

About R38 million of the massive R225 million made available for anti- and counter-poaching operations in South African national parks has gone to acquisition of a new Airbus helicopter.

The Kenyan government has invited bids for the provision of five helicopters for the Kenya Police on a lease basis as it battles increasing violence in the coastal areas around the city of Mombasa.

Continuing tough economic conditions could well open the door for the SA Air Force (SAAF) to acquire much-needed airlift capacity in the not-too-distant future.

SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief Lieutenant General Zakes Msimang and the Air Force Command Council have apologised for the inconvenience caused by the temporary closure of the SAAF Museum headquarters and one of its satellites.

Two factors are behind the current temporary closure of the SA Air Force (SAAF) Museum at AFB Zwartkop as well as its satellites at Air Force Bases Port Elizabeth and Ysterplaat.

The Seriti Commission of Inquiry into the 1999 Strategic Defence Procurement packages (SDPP), also known as the arms deal, has responded strongly to organisations calling for its dissolution.

Thales has emphatically denied allegations that fixer Ajay Sooklal facilitated a R500 000 a year bribe for President Jacob Zuma and arranged perks for him when he faced corruption charges linked to the arms deal.

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula this week informed Parliament the annual report of the military veterans side of her Ministry would not be tabled in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act.

The guided missile destroyer USS James E Williams has paid a visit to Mauritius whilst deployed in support of US interests in Africa.

NATO and Japanese maritime forces conducted the first-ever exercise between the two forces in the Gulf of Aden last week.

International conventions and treaties are essential for protecting our seas and coastlines and African states that have signed up should give effect to their commitments by ratifying and implementing them locally.

Almost 30 Libyan soldiers were killed and 70 wounded in a double suicide bombing and clashes in the port city of Benghazi on Thursday, medics said.

Egypt's army killed a field commander in Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the country's most dangerous Islamist militant group, during clashes on Thursday in the lawless north of the Sinai Peninsula, security sources said.

Nigeria's military court-martialled 97 of its troops on Thursday for offenses including mutiny, assault, absconding, house breaking and disorderly behaviour, it said.

A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video, contradicting Nigerian military reports that he had been killed, French news agency AFP reported on Thursday.

Two United Nations agencies have reached more than half a million people, including 100 000 children under the age of five, in the most remote and conflict-hit areas of South Sudan with life-saving supplies and services.

A record 4,077 migrants have died already this year crossing deserts and seas worldwide, three-quarters of them in perilous journeys across the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, an aid agency said on Monday.

It is a well-known fact that manmade debris still in orbit is becoming a growing threat for human beings and equipment in space, and scientists around the world are looking for a way to deal with the problem.

Although nuclear weapons were last used almost 70 years ago, the sound of the nuclear doomsday clock can still be heard.

World leaders have gathered in New York this week to tackle a host of crises: the violence Islamic State militants are wreaking in Iraq and Syria, the exponential spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Africa and deadlocked negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme....

Airlines and airports handling travel to countries worst hit by the Ebola epidemic are trying to prove that flying to West Africa is safe, following concerns that the first case diagnosed in the United States could curtail worldwide services.

Around 31 400 new passenger and freighter aircraft, 100 seats and above, worth $4.6 trillion will be needed over the next 20 years, according to Airbus, as passenger traffic grows annually at 4.7%.

Ethiopian Airlines has ordered 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft worth $2.1 billion at list prices, and has options and purchase rights for another 15 of the type in the largest single Boeing order by number from an African carrier.

France is sending more fighter jets and a warship to strike Islamic State militants in Iraq and will discuss with the United States long-term coalition strategy to tackle the insurgency, including in Syria, officials said on Wednesday.

Islamic State insurgents in Iraq have carried out mass executions, abducted women and girls as sex slaves, and used child soldiers in what may amount to systematic war crimes that demand prosecution, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Islamic State insurgents pushed on with their assault on a Syrian border town on Thursday despite coalition air strikes meant to weaken them, sending thousands more Kurdish refugees into Turkey and dragging Ankara deeper into the conflict.