Denel

Denel SOC Ltd.
legal form	State company
founding	April 1, 1992
Seat	Centurion, South Africa
management	Talib Sadik ( CEO )
Number of employees	7,198 (2009)
sales	4.1 billion rand (2009)
Branch	Defense industry
Website	www.denel.co.za

Denel Land Systems in Centurion

Denel SOC Ltd. is a South African industrial company based in Centurion near Pretoria , whose focus is on defense and aerospace technology. It is the main supplier for the South African armed forces .

history

Denel left the state-owned Armaments Corporation of South Africa Ltd. on April 1, 1992 . ( Armscor ). However, the company's shares are still state-owned and administered by the Department of Public Enterprises . The market share in the South African defense sector is over 50 percent.

Several production sites are ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certified.

With the German defense group Rheinmetall Denel operates a joint venture, which since 2008 Rheinmetall Denel Munition (Pty) Ltd . (RDM, 51% by Rheinmetall Waffen Munition GmbH and 49% by Denel SOC Ltd. ), which originally belonged to the Somchem division . At the production site near Somerset West, a large explosion occurred in the ammunition depot of the plant on September 3, 2018, in which several people were killed and others were seriously injured. Explosives and propellants for military and civil purposes are manufactured here.

Group of companies

• Denel
  • Aerospace Group
    • Denel Aerospace Systems - Rooivalk , UAVs , missiles, bombs
    • Denel Optronics - submarine periscopes, optical systems, laser range finders
    • Overberg Test Range - proving ground
    • Dennep Personal Solutions - HR management and leasing
    • Denel Aviation
      • Airframe Manufacturing - manufacture of aircraft fuselages
      • Airspace engineering - system development and integration
      • Aircraft Logistics - maintenance, repair, spare parts
  • Land Systems Group
    • Systems - LIW and Vektor (formerly Lyttleton Engineering Works (LIW))
    • Large Caliber Ammunition - Naschem and La Forge
    • Explosives and Pyrotechnic Ammunition - Denel Land System Western Cape
    • Small / Medium Caliber Ammunition - military and sports ammunition
    • Mechem, Mine Action - mine clearance devices and mine-protected vehicles, clearance concepts, training courses, mine clearance jobs
  • Dendustri - manufacturer of general industrial goods, e.g. B. Anodes for the aluminum industry
  • Properties Group
    • Bonaero Park (Pty) Ltd. - Property Management
    • Denel Properties (Pty) Ltd. - Construction development company
    • Aero Properties (Pty) Ltd. - Property management for Johannesburg International Airport
  • IT share ownership - share management in several software companies
  • Densecure (Pty) Ltd. - insurance company
  • Irenco (Pty) Ltd.
  • Specialized Protein Products (Pty) Ltd.

Products

An excerpt of the products manufactured by Denel is shown:

weapons

Denel G6-45, a 155mm howitzer at the Ysterplaat Airshow in Cape Town

• Guided missiles
  • Ingwe
  • ZT-6 Mokopa
  • Umkhonto -IR
  • Kentron ZT-3 Swift
  • V3A / B / C / E & "U-Darter"
  • V4 "R-Darter"
  • V3S "Snake"
  • Denel Torgos
  • Umbani
  • MUPSOW
  • Raptor I
  • Raptor II
• Unmanned missiles
  • Seeker II UAV Surveillance System
  • Seraph high-speed stealth drone
  • SKUA high-speed target drone
• Airplanes and helicopters
  • Rooivalk - anti-tank helicopter
  • Oryx - medium transport helicopter
  • Agusta A109M
  • Agusta A119 Koala
• Ship guns
  • 35DPG - 35mm anti-aircraft gun
• Artillery pieces
  • G5 - 155 mm artillery howitzer
  • G6 - 155mm cannon on 6 × 6 armored chassis
• Turrets
  • LCT-12.7
  • LCT-20
  • LCT-30
  • LCT-40
  • T6
  • MLT-105
• Grenades
  • M26 HE
  • M26 Practice
  • Red Phosphorus
• mortar
  • 60 mm system
  • 81 mm system
• Automatic weapons
  • Vector Mini SS machine gun 5.56 × 45 mm NATO
  • Vector SS 77 machine gun 7.62 × 51 mm NATO
  • Vector 40 mm Y3 AGL - automatic grenade launcher in 40 mm caliber
  • 20 mm GA1 machine gun
  • 20 mm G12 automatic cannon
• Sniper rifles
  • NTW-20 Anti-materiel rifle - long-range sniper rifle in 14.5 × 114 mm and 20 × 82 mm calibers
• ammunition
  • Ammunition is manufactured by Swartklip and Pretoria Metal Pressing
• Explosives
  • RDX
  • PETN
  • Nitrocellulose
  • Nitroguanidine

Other products

• Mine clearance
  • Probing and digging equipment
  • Mine covers
  • Minesweeper dogs
  • Mine sweeping specialists
  • Mine clearance system
    • Buffalo - vehicle protected against mines with three axles and mounting options
    • Casspir - mine-protected vehicle with two axles and mounting options
• optical devices
  • Submarine periscopes
  • Riflescopes
  • Laser systems
  • Helmet systems
  • Camera systems - also for UAVs
  • Gyro systems
• Building land - marketing and development
• Protein-rich foods - soy-based
• Plastic Injection Molding Contractor
• Aircraft computer

Web links

Commons : Denel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Denel website at www.denel.co.za (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Annual Report 2009 ( English , PDF; 8.6 MB) In: denel.co.za . 2010-19-30. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
2. ^ Department of Public Enterprises: Denel . on www.dpe.gov.za (English)
3. ^ Armscor: History . ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.armscor.co.za, as viewed June 19, 2016  
4. ↑ Tom Head: Eight dead, two rescued after explosion at Denel factory in Somerset West . News from September 3, 2018 on www.thesouthafrican.com (English)
5. ↑ Jenni Evans: 8 dead in Denel munitions factory blast . News from September 3, 2018 on www.news24.com (English)
6. ↑ Aron Hyman: Eight dead in Denel blast . News from September 3, 2018 on www.timeslive.co.za (English)
7. ↑ Denel Mechem: Welcome to Denel Mechem . at www.mechemdemining.com (English)