Guy Martin

For over 15 years, ASELSAN has maintained an active presence in South Africa, reinforcing its long-term commitment and expanding engagement across the African continent. At the recent Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition in Pretoria, ASELSAN products were showcased both at its stand and integrated onto platforms, including guided munitions and the ASELFLIR-500 electro-optical system on Paramount's Mwari aircraft, as well as ASELSAN turret systems integrated onto armoured vehicle platforms.

Warships from India and Brazil are arriving in South Africa for the ninth edition of Exercise Ibsamar, which is taking place around the Simon's Town and False Bay areas of the Western Cape, with South Africa as the host and India the lead nation.

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Piracy off the coast of Somalia has made a resurgence, but not in the same way as previous years as international navies moved their focus to countering

New technologies, particularly unmanned naval systems, are emerging so quickly that the law is struggling to keep up, raising a host of challenges, the inaugural African Maritime Security Forum heard.

The Do228 NXT twin turboprop aircraft being developed General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS) will be offered with Hensoldt South Africa's new Argos-15 electro-optical/infrared gimbal as an additional mission-system configuration.

ASELSAN will use the inaugural Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 in Lagos to consolidate a growing African presence built on local industrial partnerships and a battle-proven portfolio spanning air defence, electronic warfare, electro-optics and precision-guided munitions that can address evolving regional security challenges across Africa.

The United States Air Force (USAF) is exploring the possibility of returning four mothballed KC-10 Extender tankers to service for a ‘partner nation' in North Africa.

The Kenya Army Corps of Aviation (KACA) has inducted into service refurbished MD500 helicopters from South Korea, which will be used to equip a new unit to support United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Airbus South Africa recently overhauled a Malawi Air Force AS550 Fennec helicopter, which was taken back into service earlier this week.