The acquisition of Paramount Group’s newly launched, next generation armoured personnel carrier, the Mbombe 4, was announced by the United Arab Emirates at IDEX 2019, the largest defense and security Expo in the Middle East. The announcement was made by the UAE’s Ministry of Defence on the first day of IDEX, held in Abu Dhabi. […]

South Africa’s Paramount Group has unveiled its next generation armoured personnel carrier – the all new Mbombe 4 – that is specially designed for local manufacturing within customer countries, in a move that will boost such countries’ defense capabilities, economic diversification and sustainable growth. Drawing on the exceptional heritage of the Mbombe 8×8, now in production […]

A soldier was killed after rollover accident of the Ratel ZT3 wheeled armoured combat vehicle between Bloemfontein and Edenburg. The South African Defense Force (SANDF) spokesperson Brigadier General Mafi Mgobozi confirms that at about 07:30 am on Wednesday 06 February, a Ratel ZT3 wheeled armoured combat vehicle from 1 Special Service Battalion at Tempe Military […]

The SVI company has unveiled its new armoured vehicles during the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition. South Africa’s company took the opportunity at this year’s AAD 2018 exhibition to showcase its latest armoured vehicles, included the new MAX 4×4 armoured personnel carrier. The MAX is an 8 seater (driver and seven passengers with a payload capacity of 3000 kg) armoured personnel […]

The Milkor company is planning to unveil a new 4×4 armoured vehicle during the this year’s Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition. The new Milkor 4×4 multirole armoured vehicle has a V-shape hull for better mine protection and B7 ballistic protection. This vehicle is suitable for defence forces, police, and security forces as an armoured personnel carrier, ambulance, […]

South African company Land Mobility Technologies (LMT), a subsidiary of Denel Land Systems, have signed contracts for supplying its LM5 armoured vehicles for two African countries. That was reported by defenceweb.co.za. The contracts were signed in the current financial year, according to Johan Steyn, Acting CEO of LMT. Due to the terms of the contracts, he could […]

Paramount Group, the African-based global defence and aerospace company, today, unveiled a new generation 8×8 Infantry Combat Vehicle, representing the pinnacle of land system technologies which is designed to meet the world-wide demand for sophisticated, but affordable military equipment that provides unrivalled protection for land forces personnel, in an era of unprecedented asymmetrical threats and […]

State-owned aerospace and defence technology group Denel has expanded the range of its recovery vehicles based on the well-known Casspir mine resistant system, responding to what it describes as “keen interest” by clients on the African continent. The latest addition to the Mechem vehicle line-up – the heavy-duty Casspir Eland recovery vehicle – is a […]

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) continues its successful shipboard trials when demonstrating its outstanding capabilities to the South African Navy from 20 to 23 October 2015 at False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. The maritime environment holds unique demands for situational awareness and timely communications. The CAMCOPTER® S-100 is a much needed asset […]