(Photo: Fincantieri)

July 1, 2011 defpro.com

Trieste | On 29 June 2011 at Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard the delivery of the “Nyayo” and “Umoja”, two vessels assigned by the Kenyan Navy to Fincantieri for mid-life refitting, was completed.

The order, which Fincantieri gained in a 2008 bidding against important competitors from the UK, Holland and South Africa, is indicative of the company’s interest in the African market which has seen a significant increase in demand for new vessels for Navies and Coast Guards in response to the need to guarantee a greater control of territorial waters and to effectively combat terrorist attacks on maritime traffic, piracy and illegal fishing activities.

Classified as “fast attack craft” the “Nyayo” e “Umoja” were built at the British shipyards Vosper Thornycroft and delivered in 1988. The work carried out on both vessels by Fincantieri regarded the reconstruction of the hull (replacement of approximately a third of the structure on each ship), the propulsion (maintenance of the engines, reduction gears and shaft lines), work on the propellers, the electrical and automation plant, and complete replacement of all the command and control equipment, repairs to the conditioning plant and replacement of much of the piping, full reconditioning and partial replacement of the furnishings, insulation and flooring in addition to maintenance work on all auxiliary plant and the installation of new equipment.

The “Nyayo” and “Umoja” are 56.7 metres long, with a displacement of approximately 450 tonnes each and can reach a maximum speed of almost 40 knots and accommodate a crew of approximately 45. They are currently the only two ships in service in the Kenyan Navy and will carry out coastal patrols and activities to combat smuggling and piracy.

30/06/2011 Par Philippe Gelie – LeFigaro.fr

L'initiative française suscite des tensions au sein de la coalition. Moscou et Pékin expriment leur désaccord. 

La décision française de livrer des armes aux rebelles libyens a ravivé les tensions au sein de la coalition anti-Kadhafi et contraint Paris de se justifier devant l'ONU. La révélation, par Le Figaro, de parachutages d'armes effectués par la France début juin au-dessus du Djebel Nefousa, massif montagneux désormais contrôlé par les insurgés berbères au sud-ouest de Tripoli, semble avoir pris au dépourvu les alliés de l'Otan. Alors que les responsables militaires de l'Alliance cherchaient à obtenir des «clarifications», le secrétaire général de l'organisation, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a déclaré jeudi ne «pas avoir d'information» sur l'initiative de la France. À Paris, un porte-parole du ministère de la Défense a confirmé le parachutage «d'armes d'autodéfense», tout en minimisant l'importance des largages. Une source officieuse a cependant fait état de 40 tonnes d'armements et de «blindés légers», qui auraient pu transiter par la frontière tunisienne.

Le cavalier-seul de Paris soulève des questions d'ordre politique, mais aussi logistique. Il reste notamment à déterminer comment les forces françaises pourraient avoir parachuté des armes à l'insu de l'Otan, qui surveille nuit et jour la «zone d'exclusion aérienne» décrétée au-dessus de la Libye - sauf à agir pendant les rotations d'Awacs (avions-radars) français ou à mêler du matériel militaire à des cargaisons d'aide humanitaire.

Surtout, le débat fait rage à propos du respect du mandat de l'ONU, auquel l'Otan est tenue. La première résolution (dite 1970), adoptée par le Conseil de sécurité le 26 février, impose en effet un embargo sur les ventes d'armes à la Libye. La seconde (1973), votée le 17 mars, donne pour mission à la communauté internationale de «protéger les civils par tous les moyens nécessaires».

La Russie a demandé jeudi «des explications» à la France sur ses livraisons d'armes aux rebelles, soupçonnant «une violation grave de la résolution 1970», selon le chef de la diplomatie Sergueï Lavrov. La Chine a également appelé la coalition «à se conformer strictement à la résolution (…) et à n'entreprendre aucune action qui excéderait le mandat accordé».

En réponse, l'ambassadeur de France aux Nations unies, Gérard Araud, a défendu la légalité des opérations françaises, soulignant que la résolution 1973 permet de s'affranchir de l'embargo. «Dans des circonstances exceptionnelles, nous pouvons ne pas l'appliquer lorsqu'il s'agit de protéger des civils», a-t-il plaidé.

Les Britanniques, principaux partenaires des Français dans les frappes, ont pourtant pris leurs distances avec l'initiative de Paris, laissant ouverte l'interprétation du mandat onusien, mais affirmant par la voix du secrétaire d'État à la Sécurité internationale, Gerald Howard: «Ce n'est pas quelque chose que nous devrions faire.»

A U.S. F-16 fighter jet based in Italy takes off on March 21 to participate in operations in Libya. U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration's claim that American forces (Mario Laporta / AFP via Getty Images)

30 Jun 2011 By DAVE MAJUMDAR DefenseNews

U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration's claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO operation.

A U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) spokeswoman confirmed June 29 that since NATO's Operation Unified Protector (OUP) took over from the American-led Operation Odyssey Dawn on March 31, the U.S. military has flown hundreds of strike sorties. Previously, Washington had claimed that it was mostly providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and tanker support to NATO forces operating over Libya.

"U.S. aircraft continue to fly support [ISR and refueling] missions, as well as strike sorties under NATO tasking," AFRICOM spokeswoman Nicole Dalrymple said in an emailed statement. "As of today, and since 31 March, the U.S. has flown a total of 3,475 sorties in support of OUP. Of those, 801 were strike sorties, 132 of which actually dropped ordnance."

A White House report on Libya sent to Congress on June 15 says that "American strikes are limited to the suppression of enemy air defense and occasional strikes by unmanned Predator UAVs against a specific set of targets." The report also says the U.S. provides an "alert strike package."

Dalrymple named the Air Force's F-16CJ and Navy's EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft as the primary platforms that have been suppressing enemy air defenses.

However, those F-16s are not solely drawn from U.S. units based in Spangdahlem, Germany, or Aviano, Italy. The service has reportedly deployed U.S.-based units to Europe to conduct these operations.

Earlier this month, Malta Today reported that two F-16s from the 77th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Wing, made emergency landings on the island. The 20th Fighter Wing is based at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), S.C.

The AFRICOM spokeswoman did not address why U.S.-based units were deployed for the mission.

The Navy's Growlers are based at Whidbey Island, Wash.

However, those may not be the only U.S. strike aircraft flying over Libya. Last week, Air Force F-15E crews attending the Paris Air Show, along with their public affairs officer, said they could not talk about their activities in Libya during Odyssey Dawn because they are not able to comment on "current operations."

AFRICOM couldn't immediately say when the last U.S. strike sortie over Libya was flown.

The fact that the U.S. is conducting strike missions over Libya should not come as a surprise, said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula, the service's former intelligence chief.

"It's no surprise to me that we've been participating, because we're a member of NATO," Deptula said.

What is different now, he said, is that sorties are planned differently under NATO control. Deptula said it is not particularly surprising that additional units would be brought in to support those operations.

The revelation comes as a debate rages in Washington over the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which calls for the president to ask Congress for permission to deploy American forces into combat longer than 60 days. If the Congress does not grant that permission within that span, U.S. forces must be withdrawn within 30 days.

"It's not necessarily a violation of the War Powers Resolution," said retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap, now associate director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, and visiting professor of the practice at Duke University School of Law. "[But] it does raise questions about the scope and intensity of our participation versus how it's been represented."

Others disagreed. The president is in clear violation of the War Powers Resolution, said Robert Turner, co-founder of the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia. Under the legal definition of hostilities, even providing logistical support or intelligence data qualifies as such, he said, never mind firing missiles from Predator UAVs or F-16 fighters.

However, the resolution itself is unconstitutional because treaties are effectively part of the Constitution the way the framers wrote the document, he said.

"Legally, this is his discretion, but he is in clear violation of the statute," Turner said. "The reason he's not bound by that is because the statute is clearly unconstitutional."

Dunlap said he is less sure. "It does raise that specter [of violating the Constitution], but in any event, it doesn't seem to track with what we've been told about the relatively benign participation of U.S. forces," he said.

The Obama administration has said that the War Powers Resolution does not apply to the Libya operation because the U.S. role is limited.

The White House declined to comment on how 801 strike sorties constitutes "limited" involvement, but Harold Koh, a State Department legal adviser, said in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 28 that "when U.S forces engage in a limited military mission, that involves limited exposure for U.S. troops, and limited risk of serious escalation, and employs limited military means, we are not in the kind of hostilities of the kind envisioned by the War Powers Resolution."

He said there have been "no active exchanges of fire with hostile forces" despite AFRICOM's statement that weapons had been dropped during 132 sorties.

Many in Congress on both sides of the aisle vehemently disagree with the White House's contention.

Most U.S. air assets involved in the campaign are reconnaissance aircraft, including the U-2 high-altitude spy plane, E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System ground surveillance aircraft and the Navy's P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft. The U.S. provides nearly 70 percent of the NATO operation's ISR capacity, according to the White House report.

Additionally, the Air Force is still providing EC-130J aircraft to the operation to conduct psychological warfare operations by broadcasting coercive messages.

The remaining U.S. aircraft operating in the theater are aerial refueling tankers, including KC-10s and KC-135s. The U.S. also provides the majority of the alliance's tanker capability.

Kate Brannen contributed to this report.

30/06/2011 Sources : EMA

Le 20 juin 2011, le bâtiment de commandement et de ravitaillement (BCR) Marne et le pétrolier ravitailleur (PR) Meuse  sont venus ravitailler en noria le bâtiment de projection et de commandement (BPC) Tonnerre , la frégate anti sous-marine (FASM) Jean Bart  et la frégate de défense aérienne (FDA) Chevalier Paul  engagés dans l’opération Unified Protector au large de la Libye.

Pour que les bâtiments de combat puissent se maintenir en 1ère ligne sans interruption, les bâtiments de soutien acheminent en permanence le flux logistique dans la zone opérationnelle.

Ce jour-là, l’officier à la manœuvre du Tonnerre  entame sa présentation pour se positionner à 45 mètres par le travers du pétrolier. « La difficulté c’est de s’approcher suffisamment près en maîtrisant la différence de vitesse pour garantir la sécurité de la manœuvre » confie l’enseigne de vaisseau de 1ère classe Dominique L., en conservant toute son attention sur l’écart qui se réduit entre les deux bâtiments.

Cette manœuvre habituelle mais toujours très délicate s’effectue sous l’œil attentif du « pacha » qui est à même de reprendre la main à tout moment.

L’appellation générique RAM (ravitaillement à la mer) couvre l’ensemble des méthodes visant à transférer combustibles, rechanges, vivres et munitions à partir des ravitailleurs.

La plus courante est le ravitaillement en combustibles (gazole de navigation et carburant aviation) qui se fait, comme dans une station service, en passant une « manche » (tuyau) suspendue à un câble d’acier tensionné entre les deux bâtiments. Le ravitailleur n’a plus qu’à pomper dans ses soutes pour remplir celles de son « client ».

Sur le même principe de câble-support, le ravitaillement en « charge lourdes » consiste à transférer par un système de va-et-vient des palettes de vivres, de munitions, de rechanges ou de courrier.

En appoint, le VERTREP (Vertical Replenishment, réapprovisionnement vertical) met en œuvre un hélicoptère qui transfère des palettes dans un filet suspendu à une élingue sous la carlingue entre les ponts d’envols respectifs. 5m3 de ravitaillement sont ainsi transférés entre les deux bâtiments ce jour-là.

Enfin, il est parfois nécessaire d’effectuer des mouvements de personnel. Dans ce cas, les embarcations des bâtiments sont normalement utilisées. A défaut, ce sont les hélicoptères qui s’en chargent.

Alors que le Tonnerre  regagne sa zone d’opération après un ravitaillement qui aura duré 5 heures, il envoie en tête de mat son pavillon de tradition pour saluer une dernière fois le pétrolier Meuse. Ce dernier met le cap vers le porte-avions Charles de Gaulle  et son équipage se prépare déjà pour un nouveau RAM.

Sources : EMA

Mohamed Sheikh Nor/Associated Press - An Al-Shabab fighter participates in military exercises in northern Mogadishu, Somalia, in October 2010.

June 30, 2011 By Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung - washingtonpost.com

A U.S. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a militant Somali organization tied to al-Qaeda, apparently wounding them, a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operation said Wednesday.

The strike last week against senior members of al-Shabab comes amid growing concern within the U.S. government that some leaders of the Islamist group are collaborating more closely with al-Qaeda to strike targets beyond Somalia, the military official said.

The airstrike makes Somalia at least the sixth country where the United States is using drone aircraft to conduct lethal attacks, joining Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen. And it comes as the CIA is expected to begin flying armed drones over Yemen in its hunt for al-Qaeda operatives.

Al-Shabab has battled Somalia’s tenuous government for several years. In recent months, U.S. officials have picked up intelligence that senior members of the group have expanded their ambitions beyond attacks in Somalia.

“They have become somewhat emboldened of late, and, as a result, we have become more focused on inhibiting their activities,” the official said.“They were planning operations outside of Somalia.”

Both of the al-Shabab leaders targeted in the attack had “direct ties” to American-born cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi, the military official said. Aulaqi escaped a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in May.

The White House declined Wednesday night to respond to questions about the attack.

But Obama administration officials have made repeated references to al-Shabab in recent weeks, indicating that the group has expanded its aims and its operations. In a speech Wednesday unveiling the administration’s new counterterrorism strategy, senior White House aide John O. Brennan included Somalia among the countries where the administration has placed a new focus on al-Qaeda affiliates.

“As the al-Qaeda core has weakened under our unyielding pressure, it has looked increasingly to these other groups and individuals to take up its cause, including its goal of striking the United States,” said Brennan, Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser. “From the territory it controls in Somalia,” he said, “al-Shabab continues to call for strikes against the United States.”

And earlier this month, in a hearing to confirm him as Obama’s new defense secretary, CIA Director Leon Panetta told senators that the agency had intelligence on al-Shabab “that indicates that they, too, are looking at targets beyond Somalia.” Panetta said al-Qaeda had moved some of its operations to “nodes” in Yemen, Somalia and North Africa. The CIA, he said, was working with the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command in those areas “to try to develop counterterrorism.”

The Special Operations Command carried out last week’s Somalia strike, the military official said, and it has been flying remotely piloted planes over Yemen for much of the past year. It has taken the lead in operations in Yemen, where Aulaqi, a senior figure in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is based.

U.S. aircraft and Special Operations commandos have carried out other attacks in Somalia against militants linked to al-Qaeda, but the strike last week appears to have been one of the first U.S. drone attacks in Somalia.

NR 11.070 - le 29 juin 2011 forces.gc.ca

Esquimalt (C.-B.) – Le Navire canadien de Sa Majesté (NCSM) Vancouver appareillera dans les prochains jours et mettra le cap sur la mer Méditerranée. Il ira rejoindre les forces de l’OTAN qui veillent à l’application de la Résolution 1973 du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies visant à protéger les populations civiles en Libye. Le NCSM Vancouver remplacera le NCSM Charlottetown, qui patrouille dans la région avec les forces de l’OTAN depuis le début du printemps dans le cadre de l’opération Unified Protector, sur une rotation régulière du navire et son marins.

« En déployant le Navire canadien de Sa Majesté Vancouver, le gouvernement du Canada montre qu’il est fermement déterminé à poursuivre la mise en œuvre de la Résolution 1973 du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies », a déclaré le ministre de la Défense nationale, l’honorable Peter MacKay. « Le Canada demeure résolu à soutenir dans sa volonté de protéger le peuple libyen contre les menaces de violence. »

L’équipage du Vancouver poursuivra le travail exceptionnel entrepris par les marins du Charlottetown en vue d’assurer la protection des civils libyens. Aux côtés de leurs alliés de l’OTAN, les marins canadiens ont contribué à faciliter l’accès par voie aérienne et maritime aux organismes d’aide humanitaire et à bloquer la route aux armes et aux mercenaires.

« Nos navires et nos marins sont toujours prêts à s’acquitter des missions que leur assigne le Canada. Je suis fier que le Vancouver se rende bientôt au large des côtes de la Libye pour poursuivre l’importante tâche qui consiste à sauver la vie des civils », a ajouté le Vice-amiral Dean McFadden, Chef d’état-major de la Force maritime. « Il est plutôt difficile de mener des opérations dans l’espace maritime et aérien congestionné entourant la Libye, mais l’équipage du Vancouver a été formé pour relever ce défi et avoir une incidence réelle. »

Le NCSM Vancouver, une frégate de la classe Halifax sous le commandement du Capitaine de frégate Brad Peats, compte à son bord environ 250 officiers et équipage, y compris un hélicoptère CH-124 Sea King et un détachement aérien.

La participation canadienne à l’opération Unified Protector porte le nom d’opération Mobile.

29 juin 2011 Guysen International News

Contrairement à la France, la Grande-Bretagne n'est pas favorable à la livraison d'armes aux rebelles libyens, a déclaré mercredi le secrétaire d'Etat britannique à la Défense, Gerald Howarth. "Non, la Grande-Bretagne n'envisage pas de fournir des armes à l'opposition en Libye. Nous pensons que cela soulève un certain nombre de questions, à commencer par la résolution des Nations unies (autorisant l'intervention en Libye, NDLR), même si dans certaines circonstances cela pourrait être justifié", a-t-il déclaré lors d'une conférence à Bruxelles. "C'est quelque chose qui regarde la France, mon intention n'est pas de critiquer la France", a-t-il dit, en soulignant que Paris et Londres étaient "partenaires" en Libye. L'état-major des armées françaises a indiqué mercredi à Paris que des avions français ont parachuté des armes légères à destination des rebelles libyens et de la population, début juin dans les montagnes du Djebel Nafusa, au sud-est de Tripoli.

source airforce-technology.com

29 Jun 2011DefenseNews AFP

PARIS - The French military confirmed June 29 that it had air-dropped "light weapons" earlier this month to Libyan rebels fighting Moammar Ghadafi's forces in the highlands south of Tripoli.

Earlier, the Le Figaro newspaper and a well-placed nongovernment source had said that France had dropped several tons of arms, including Milan anti-tank rockets and light armored vehicles, to the rebels.

But Col. Thierry Burkhard, spokesman for the French general staff, told AFP that the shipments were essentially light arms such as assault rifles to help civilian communities protect themselves from regime troops.

Burkhard said France had become aware in early June that rebel-held Berber villages in the Djebel Nafusa highland region south of the capital had come under pressure from the Libyan strongman's loyalist forces.

"We began by dropping humanitarian aid: food, water and medical supplies," he said. "During the operation, the situation for the civilians on the ground worsened. We dropped arms and means of self-defense, mainly ammunition."

Burkhard described the arms as "light infantry weapons of the rifle type" and said the drops were carried out over several days "so that civilians would not be massacred".

According to Le Figaro, which said it had seen a secret intelligence memo and talked to well-placed officials, the drops were designed to help rebel fighters encircle Tripoli and encourage a popular revolt in the city itself.

"If the rebels can get to the outskirts of Tripoli, the capital will take the chance to rise against Ghadafi," said an official quoted in the report. "The regime's mercenaries are no longer getting paid and are scarcely getting fed. There's a severe fuel shortage, the population has had enough."

A well-placed nongovernment source told AFP that 40 tons of weapons including "light armored cars" had been delivered to rebels in western Libya.

According to Le Figaro, the French arms shipments are dropped from planes across the Djebel Nafusa region, where Berber tribes have risen to join the revolt against Ghadafi's rule and seized several provincial towns.

The crates hold assault rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, it said, and also European-made Milan anti-tank missiles, a powerful addition to the rebel arsenal that can destroy a tank or a bunker.

France has taken a leading role in organizing international support for the uprising against Ghadafi's four-decade-long rule, and French and British jets are spearheading a NATO-led air campaign targeting his forces.

Rebel forces are based in Benghazi in the east of the country and hold a besieged enclave supplied by sea in the western coastal town of Misrata, but they have been unable to mount a convincing advance on the capital.

29/06/2011 Par LEXPRESS.fr avec AFP

June 29, 2011 defpro.com

The United States last week allocated US$145 million worth of military equipment to North and East African nations in order to help combat terrorist threats in the region. The biggest recipients were Burundi and Uganda, which were allocated around US$45 million worth of equipment, including four unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Associated press reports that the equipment includes four AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven miniature unmanned aerial vehicles, body armour, night-vision equipment, communications and heavy construction equipment, generators and surveillance systems. Training is also provided with the equipment.

The Associated Press adds that the Pentagon is also sending US$4.4 million worth of communications and engineering equipment to Uganda.

Burundi and Uganda are heavily involved in Somalia, with around 9000 peacekeepers in the troubled nation. The two countries in March pledged to send an additional 4000 troops to Somalia.

The US$145.4 million aid package for counterterrorism equipment includes funding for a number of North African countries. US$22.6 million has been allocated to Mauritania for a turboprop aircraft for troop transport and surveillance and US$8.1 million for airfield systems and construction and communications equipment to develop a forward operating base in the country; US$17.7 million will go towards an aircraft for Djibouti; US$12.1 million towards helicopter upgrades and training for Kenya; and US$1 million for Mali for mine detector kits.

The US is attempting to bolster countries working against al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the Somali-based al-Shabaab group. Last month Leon Panetta, CIA Director and the Pentagon’s incoming chief, warned that the threat from al-Shabaab is growing, and that it is developing stronger ties with the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Panetta said that after Osama bin Laden was killed, the US needs to make sure that the group does not relocate to Somalia.

“Al-Shabaab leaders, who have claimed affiliation with al-Qaida since 2007, are developing ties with al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula,” Panetta stated. Al-Shabaab is “showing an increasing desire to stage international terrorist attacks in addition to their act of violence inside Somalia.”

(Courtesy by defenceWeb; First published at http://goo.gl/E5Cvc)

crédits : EU-NAVFOR

29/06/2011 MER et MARINE

Les deux avions de patrouille Fairchild SW 3A Merlin mis à disposition par le gouvernement luxembourgeois au profit de la force européenne Atalante viennent de franchir les 2500 heures de vol. Les appareils, basés à Mahé aux Seychelles, ont commencé leurs opérations en septembre 2009. Ils ont effectué près de 450 sorties, principalement en mission de reconnaissance et d'identification de navires supectés de piraterie. Ils ont également participé à la mise en place du système d'identification RMP (Recognized Maritime Picture).

28 June 2011 by defenceWeb

EADS has been awarded a contract of just over R6.2 million to provide product support services to the South African Air Force for its fleet of four CASA C212 and one CASA C235 transport aircraft.

The order is an extension of a 2009 contract that was worth R16.5 million. Prior to that, such services were provided by Execujet under a 2003 contract. The total value of work since 2007 stand at R42 509 273.86.

The SAAF inherited its C212 Aviocar fleet in 1994 from the air wings of the former Bophuthatswana (one, 1985), Transkei (two, 1986) and Venda (two, 1988). It is a short-take-off and landing aircraft with a rough field capability, high wings and a fixed landing gear. The C212 was designed as a C47 replacement and has been called a scaled-down C130. The C212 can reportedly take off from fields as short as 400m.

The SAAF inherited its C235 from the Bophuthatswana, which acquired it in 1991. The type originated as a joint venture between CASA and IPTN of Indonesia, at the time manufacturing C212 under license. The C235 sports high wings, an unswept rear fuselage with ramp and a retractable tricycle landing gear, with the rear wheels retracting into external fairings to ensure an unrestricted cabin. A maritime patrol version exists that can carry missiles and torpedoes on up to six under-wing hard points. Like the C212, the C235 is a short-take-off and landing aircraft with a rough field capability. It is also said to have excellent low-level flying characteristics for tactical penetration missions.

Provision of product support services for the South African Air Force CASA 212 and 235 aircraft - extension of ELGS/2009/107

LGS/S2010/4674 24 Mar 2011 R475 954,01 EADS

LGS/S2011/4776 23 Jun 2011 R6 266 932,00 EADS

Provision of product support services for the South African Air Force CASA 212 and 235 aircraft

ELGS/2009/107 27 May 2010 R16 573 221,00 EADS SECA

Product support services for the CASA 212 and 235 aircraft - extension of ELGS/2003/617

LGS/S2009/4199 3 Dec 2009 R868 421,00 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2009/4100 23 Sep 2009 R460 526,00 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2009/4006 4 Jun 2009 R548 070,00 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2008/3935 21 May 2009 R4 213 850,00 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2008/3787 12 Sep 2008 R152 542,78 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2008/3765 24 Jul 2008 R1 197 799,00 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2008/3740 6 Jun 2008 R1 754 386,00 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2007/3559 12 Oct 2007 R5 860 300,32 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2007/3432 23 May 2007 R4 137 271,75 Execujet Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

28 June 2011 by defenceWeb

The South African Air Force has awarded Protea Electronics of Bramley, Johannesburg an extension to an existing contract to maintain its holding of Rohde & Schwarz radios, directional finders and related equipment.

The R3 508 771 contract was awarded last week and takes spending on the product system to R22 398 747.90 since September 2008.

Founded and still headquartered in Munich, Germany, the family-owned company has approximately 7400 employees and achieved a net revenue of € 1.3 billion in 2009/10.

Maintenance and support of Rohde & Shwartz Radios, Directional finders and related equipment for the SA Air Force - extension of ELGS/2009/553

LGS/S2010/4464 5 Aug 2010 R79 029,38 Protea Electronics (Pty) Ltd

LGS/S2011/4789 23 Jun 2011 R3 508 771,00 Protea Electronics (Pty) Ltd

Maintenance and support of the Rohde and Schwarz radios, Directional finders and related equipment for the SAAF

ELGS/2009/553 17 Jun 2010 R15 371 143,52 Protea Electronics (Pty) Ltd

Support services for the Rohde & Schwarts communication equipment - extension of ELGS/2003/339

LGS/S2008/3788 25 Sep 2008 R1 439 804,00 Protea Electronics (Pty) Ltd