Denel Aerospace Systems
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| Denel Aerospace Systems | |
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| Type | division of proprietary limited company |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Area served | world wide |
| Industry | weapons development and manufacturing |
| Products | guided missiles,glide bombs |
| Parent | Denel (Pty) Ltd (100% state-owned) |
| Website | Official site |
| previously Kentron a division of Denel (Pty) Ltd | |
Denel Aerospace Systems is a division of Denel (Pty) Ltd, a South African armaments development and manufacturing company wholly owned by the South African Government. Formerly known as Kentron, it underwent the name change during the early part of 2004. Denel Aerospace Systems is located in Centurion, South Africa.
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[edit] Key products
| Category | Type | Name |
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| Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) | ||
| Seeker | ||
| Bateleur | ||
| Target drones | ||
| Guided missiles | ||
| air-to-air | ||
| A-Darter – short-range Infrared homing | ||
| R-Darter – radar guided Beyond Visual Range missile (BVR) | ||
| surface-to-air | Umkhonto | |
| anti-armour | ||
| Mokopa | ||
| Ingwe | ||
| Guided bombs | ||
| Raptor TV-guided bomb | ||
| Umbane GPS/INS guidance kit for Mk.82, Mk.83 and Mk.84 bombs | ||
| Seekers | used in Brazilian MAA-1 Piranha | |
| Weapons Management Systems | ||
| Arachnida weapons management system | ||
| AH-2 Rooivalk attack helicopter | ||
[edit] Denel Aviation
Denel Aviation is a sub-division of Denel Aerospace Systems. Denel absorbed the previous Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa (Atlas Aviation) that had been established in 1965.
Denel Aviation lists its three main functions [1] as:
[edit] Airframe manufacturing
General manufacturing processes for component manufacture for Denel and third parties, aerostructure subassemblies, as well as assembly and integration of airframes.[1]
[edit] Aerospace engineering
Structural and system design, testing, subsystems, aerodynamic design and analysis, weapons and stores integration, avionics system engineering and software development, electrical system design, mission planning, test and integration (ground testing and full flight testing).[1]
[edit] Aircraft logistics
Integrated system support and product support for fixed and rotary wing transport and tactical aircraft; maintenance, conversions and assembly, component repair, laboratory / calibration services, aircraft painting and aircraft refurbishment / modernization.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Denel: Group structure. denel.co.za (November 26, 2006).
