Defence Industry

Nigeria's army chief Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu toured Rwanda's REMCO arms plant in Kigali and urged African states to build...

Museveni has commissioned a $53 million package of Russian-donated military facilities in Uganda, led by a mechanised repair base at...

Denel showed its new Skyler unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in public for the first time at the Africa Aerospace and...

On the first day of the Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 in Lagos, a Nigerian company showed a type...

South Africa's helicopter fleet has spent years waiting for spare parts, funding, and workshop capacity. At the Africa Aerospace and...

First published on Unmanned Africa South African aerospace and defence company Incomar used the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition...

Airbus will open a helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) subsidiary in Morocco in the coming months, Mickaël Bertrand, Managing...

EDGE Group signed a contract to supply guided weapons to the Royal Moroccan Air Force on Friday, 9 October 2026,...

Following the African Aerospace & Defence Expo (AAD), HENSOLDT South Africa (Pty) Ltd and General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS) announce...

Ethiopia's ambassador to Pakistan, Dr Oumer H. Oba, has visited the headquarters of Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) in...

The Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) opened a national pavilion at the Marrakech Airshow in Morocco on 8 October 2026,...

Egyptian defence firm Tornex has aggressively promoted its domestically developed Jabbar drone family across major international defense exhibitions, marking a...

MKU Limited, an Indian defence technology company, announced on 7 October 2026 that it will build a factory in the...

Armscor Dockyard, working in close collaboration with the South African Navy, has successfully completed urgent maintenance on the SAS Amatola,...

According to Unmanned Africa, Morocco has awarded its first confirmed domestic contract for loitering munitions, with Rabat-area manufacturer Aerodrive Engineering...

The 13th edition of Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) came to a spectacular close at Air Force Base Waterkloof in...

On September 20, 2026, during an official 3-day visit to Ostrava, which encompassed participation in the Czech Air Force Days...

Proforce Limited has added a new mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle to its lineup, unveiling the PF Terminator at the Nigerian...

ShadowfaxUAS has launched the SF45, the first and largest of three new-generation unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the South African...

Turkish defence giant ASELSAN is actively searching for a local manufacturing partner in Nigeria and has already sent a team...

President Mahamat Idriss Déby has created a new state-owned company tasked with building Chad's first domestic arms industry, a move...

When the Bamako International Defence and Security Exhibition (BAMEX) opens its doors from 9 to 13 November 2026, it will...

Turkey’s state defense manufacturer, Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE), has opened its first company in Africa, a Cairo-based subsidiary...

PRETORIA, Sept 19 — Paramount unveiled a new family of reusable unmanned aircraft called V-Raven at the Africa Aerospace and...

Turkish defence company Havelsan and Egypt's Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) signed a sales agreement for the Hamza-1 unmanned aerial...