Denel Aerospace Systems
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Denel Aerospace Systems is a division of Denel, the South African armaments production company. Formerly known as Kentron, it underwent the name change during the early part of 2004.
The main product areas in which Denel Aerospace Systems is involved are:
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs)
- Missiles (Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground, Surface-to-Air)
- Guided bombs
- Missile seekers and weapons management systems
Key Products
Key products in the Denel Aerospace Systems line-up include the following:The Seeker and Bateleur UAVs; the short-range IR-guided A-Darter and the Beyond Visual Range (BVR) radar-guided R-Darter air-to-air missiles; the Umkhonto surface-to-air missile; the Mokopa and Ingwe anti-armour missiles; the Skua high-speed target drone; the Raptor guided TV bomb and Umbane GPS/INS guidance kit for Mk.82, Mk.83 and Mk.84 bombs. In addition to this it has developed the Kemva optical seeker head for stand-off weapons, the Arachnida weapons management system and the AH-2 Rooivalk attack helicopter.
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