Denel Aviation finally handed over five new Rooivalk Mark 1 combat helicopters to the South African Air Force on 1 April 2011, after years of development, building and testing. The new Rooivalk isn’t ...

The ability of the Rooivalk Attack helicopter will be shown to an audience during a three day demonstration this week. The Denel Rooivalk is equipped with the Denel Mokopa missile, ballistic rockets ...

Group chief executive of South African state-owned Denel, Riaz Saloojee, hopes to get approval from the government to restart the Rooivalk combat helicopter production line. He was briefing the media ...

An ongoing discussion about restarting Rooivalk production includes an option to design a new platform based on technology developed for South Africa’s indigenous attack helicopter, says Denel Group ...

The figures were provided as an answer to a Parliamentary question raised by Kobus Marais, the shadow minister of defence and military veterans for the opposition Democratic Alliance political party.

The South African Air Force (SAAF) has accepted its upgraded Rooivalk combat support helicopter for operational duties after a drawn-out upgrade programme. On 4 April a statement from the South ...

Cape Town - Government will push state-owned arms manufacturers Denel to increase production of the Rooivalk attack helicopter, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Monday. "We have to ...

Last week Denel Aviation delivered the first fully upgraded Rooivalk back to the South African Air Force (SAAF). The South African Air Force last week took delivery of its first fully upgraded ...

South African aerospace manufacturer Denel has written off R305 million ($28 million) related to the Rooivalk attack helicopter. The move pushes net losses up to R363 million for the year to 31 March.

Airbus Helicopters and Denel Aviation announced on 15 September that they are entering a cooperative arrangement to enhance and modernise South Africa’s Rooivalk attack helicopter. The two companies ...

It is an awe-inspiring sight, watching a nine-tonne attack helicopter perform a loop and barrel rolls, the aeronautical equivalent of Luciano Pavarotti performing a perfect pike on the diving board.