Henry240:

This is also not new. The army in some speech early in the year did say they were going to go for 3 units of AS350 to start up the air arm. I think it was also published in Janes.

TAI ATAK, who will fly them, especially considering the unit is very new?


Buratai added that the Army authority had compiled a list of platforms it planned to acquire from Russian, American and Chinese origin including simulators and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

He said the corps would take-off with any platform the authority was able to acquire in the interim with the target of developing into an effective support to Army operations anywhere in the world.

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43028%3Anew-nigerian-army-aviation-corps-seeks-helicopters-uavs&catid=124%3Amilitary-helicopters&Itemid=282

MHH I forgot about this as well, NAF is better off getting a mix of MI-17S for transport/assault and the Z10 from china as a dedicated attack Platform.

jakeporeshenko:
Army Aviation ?
I was expecting to see TAI ATAK or another gunship

Man that otakar cobra spare parts is eating money.

jakeporeshenko:
Army Aviation ?
I was expecting to see TAI ATAK or another gunship

Man that ota.kar co.bra spare parts is eating alot of money.

This NAF procurement says "New" and not "ongoing", I think the plan is to pay for 3 every year.

jakeporeshenko:
This NAF procurement says "New" and not "ongoing", I think the plan is to pay for 3 every year.

meaning units = 6?

giles14:
hmmmmm

attack gunship? wen its taking us 3yrs to pay for just 3 jf-17.

I think its a different payment all together.

tdayof:

Someone told me about the navy going for a ship from Indonesia. I guess it's that SSV ( I guess could also serve as a LST since its a landing platform)

Maybe someone was taking notes on the Gambia Mission.

Ibrahimanees:
What's the use of ONE drone and ONE seaward defence boat, if there's not enough money, why not concentrate on one this year then the other next year? and as if that's not frustrating enough, DSS are getting THREE, THREE different rifles: CTAR, TAR AND X95, why not just use one uniformly? Nigerian mentality nawaooo.

DSS has always used three since the GEJ administration.This might just be a follow up or, if you recall , the recently formed QRF regiments and to a lesser extent during the graduation ceremony were equipped with one of these I forget.They could now of ordered their own rifles.

jakeporeshenko:
This NAF procurement says "New" and not "ongoing", I think the plan is to pay for 3 every year.

Thirteen billion plus for three units?

Ibrahimanees:


Thirteen billion plus for three units?

that $43mln using an exchange rate of $305(same ex rate as quoted for the AS350)

jakeporeshenko:
Army Aviation ?
I was expecting to see TAI ATAK or another gunship

I nearly fainted when I saw AS350 at $2,800,000,000

giles14:
that $43mln using an exchange rate of $305(same ex rate as quoted for the AS350)

mehn $43m, the JFs aren't as cheap as touted

SouthAfrica Police Service paid company Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) R52million for 169 torches - R300'000 each (US$21,147)
Media reports today have revealed that on the last day of the 2015/16 financial year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) paid Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) over R52 million for a contract for 169 torches.

This amounts to an astonishingly exorbitant R300 000 per torch.

The invoice for the contract was paid for by the section in which former Acting National Police Commissioner General Khomotso Phahlane’s wife works. FDA is owned by a businessman that has been implicated in potentially corrupt transactions with Phahlane through the provision of luxury vehicles to him and his wife.

The DA will therefore write to the Secretary of Police, Mr Alvin Rapea, to request a specific investigation and analysis project of the SAPS expenditure over the last 5 financial years by the Civilian Secretariat, as per section 6(1)(b) of the Civilian Secretariat, in order to closely scrutinise potentially irrational or wasteful large contracts.

The reports also state that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is investigating other suspicious transactions between the SAPS and FDA.

SAPS annual reports always show that the department’s budget is fully spent yet police stations are always under-staffed and under-resourced. Stations are often told that there is not enough money when they ask for additional vehicles and personnel up the chain of command.

The DA have always suspected and can only conclude that the SAPS budget continues to be misspent due to skewed priorities and irrational procurement in supply chain management. This revelation sadly sheds light on that seemingly being the case. LINK https://www.da.org.za/2017/11/da-requests-investigation-exorbitant-saps-expenditure/

Odunayaw:
mehn $43m, the JFs aren't as cheap as touted

The first ones was around $25m I guess this is a different version.

Saw this picture today, don't know if it's accurate or photoshoped...

Ibrahimanees:
Saw this picture today, don't know if it's accurate or photoshoped...

Long story short.Old picture.The deal was nixed during the IBB regime.

Odunayaw:
I nearly fainted when I saw AS350 at $2,800,000,000

lolz no faint o, it makes sense now why the Army aviation chap with NAF hangs around the super puma I think.

tdayof:


The first ones was around $25m I guess this is a different version.

First ones were block 1 maybe?

Kalapizim:
lolz no faint o, it makes sense now why the Army aviation chap with NAF hangs around the super puma I think.

$2.8bn fit make someone faint na. but na typo sha

Odunayaw:
First ones were block 1 maybe?

No idea but seems MOD person is double of the Nigerian population or I'm missing something here?

LST procurement is ongoing. Remember Indonesia confirmed PT xoxo said Nigeria ordered for SSV.


JF17s says new which probably means a new order or so.

tdayof:
LST procurement is ongoing. Remember Indonesia confirmed PT xoxo said Nigeria ordered for SSV.


JF17s says new which probably means a new order or so.

Exactly, if it was the same order in last years budget it would say ongoing not new.

jakeporeshenko:

Exactly, if it was the same order in last years budget it would say ongoing not new.

Maybe someone can get the NAF and its spokesman to talk on twitter. Their DM seems opened.

tdayof:

Maybe someone can get the NAF and its spokesman to talk on twitter. Their DM seems opened.

*clears throat* ibnsultan.... you are needed

NAF featured on Air Force monthly, start from page 48

Odunayaw:
mehn $43m, the JFs aren't as cheap as touted

might be the final payment for the first 3 JFs.
43*2=86/3 ~= $28.6mln price for block2 or maybe jf17b

Odunayaw:
I nearly fainted when I saw AS350 at $2,800,000,000

$2.8bln is a typography error

newafricaken254:
the Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters,no body knows the specific number given to KDF

READ...
http://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2017/06/kenyan-air-force-acquires-ah-1-cobra.html?m=1

Sudan air force manoeuvres

Bad Ass squad - Uganda Amisom

newafricaken254:
SouthAfrica Police Service paid company Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) R52million for 169 torches - R300'000 each (US$21,147)
Media reports today have revealed that on the last day of the 2015/16 financial year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) paid Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) over R52 million for a contract for 169 torches.

This amounts to an astonishingly exorbitant R300 000 per torch.

The invoice for the contract was paid for by the section in which former Acting National Police Commissioner General Khomotso Phahlane’s wife works. FDA is owned by a businessman that has been implicated in potentially corrupt transactions with Phahlane through the provision of luxury vehicles to him and his wife.

The DA will therefore write to the Secretary of Police, Mr Alvin Rapea, to request a specific investigation and analysis project of the SAPS expenditure over the last 5 financial years by the Civilian Secretariat, as per section 6(1)(b) of the Civilian Secretariat, in order to closely scrutinise potentially irrational or wasteful large contracts.

The reports also state that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is investigating other suspicious transactions between the SAPS and FDA.

SAPS annual reports always show that the department’s budget is fully spent yet police stations are always under-staffed and under-resourced. Stations are often told that there is not enough money when they ask for additional vehicles and personnel up the chain of command.

The DA have always suspected and can only conclude that the SAPS budget continues to be misspent due to skewed priorities and irrational procurement in supply chain management. This revelation sadly sheds light on that seemingly being the case. LINK https://www.da.org.za/2017/11/da-requests-investigation-exorbitant-saps-expenditure/

Please stop trying to de-rail this thread.

I know that your past experiences have left you with deep emotional scarring, but you really need to move on with your life.