For 30 years, Production Logix has been building South African manufacturing capability — growing from humble beginnings in a ...

With over 10 years of what he calls “formal research” into South African military history, Vaal University of Technology academic Dewald Venter is adamant the ...

Few episodes in South Africa’s military history remain as contested as the fighting at Cuito Cuanavale. Nearly four decades later, the campaign is still described in markedly different terms. It has ...

When terrorists attacked Cabo Delgado nine years ago on 5 October 2017, the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (FADM) was taken by surprise, despite its three decades of experience fighting armed ...

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) hospital ship Auspicious Ark arrived in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, on 3 October on a seven-day friendly visit, marking the first visit by a ...

The United States has become the latest nation to place an order for Avon Protection’s MITR System. The recent order by the Department of War (DoW) incorporates the MITR-M1 Half Mask and MITR-PG1 ...

The fighting around Sake and Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in January 2025 brought a basic logistics problem into sharp focus. Troops can only remain effective for as long ...

Armscor, in the form of its Simon’s Town maritime maintenance and repair facility, is patting itself on the back for a job well done having finished essential maintenance, including work on the hull ...

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Just over a fortnight after the Regular Force Medical Continuation Fund (RFMCF) said healthcare treatment and medical claims submitted to it as from 1 ...

Bell Textron has formally commenced manufacturing AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters for Nigeria as part of a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme approved by the United States in 2024. In an ...