| Type | Division of proprietary limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | weapons development and manufacturing |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Area served | World wide |
| Products | Guided missiles, glide bombs |
| Parent | Denel (Pty) Ltd (100% state-owned) |
| Website | DenelDynamics.co.za |
| References: Previously Kentron a division of Denel (Pty) Ltd | |
Denel Dynamics, formerly Kentron, is a division of Denel (Pty) Ltd, a South African armaments development and manufacturing company wholly owned by the South African Government. It underwent a name change from Kentron to Denel Aerospace Systems during the early part of 2004 and later to Denel Dynamics. Denel Dynamics is located in Centurion, South Africa. Several sites are operating according to ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certified.
Contents |
| Category | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) | ||
| Seeker - tactical reconnaissance | ||
| Bateleur - MALE reconnaissance | ||
| Skua - target drone | ||
| 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 precision-guided glide bomb series | ||
| Umbani 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 | ||
Four South Africans working for Kentron were arrested in March 1984 in Coventry and charged with violation of the UN arms embargo – which outlawed the export of arms and military equipment to apartheid South Africa.
The Coventry Four were granted bail against a deposit of £200,000 and a guarantee by a diplomat from the South African embassy who waived his diplomatic immunity. They were allowed to return to South Africa on condition that they appeared at their trial in England in August 1984. In the event, South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, refused to allow them to return for their trial. Thus, the charges that Kentron personnel were involved in circumventing the UN arms embargo remain unproven.