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Denel Aviation Revamps the Rooivalk Attack Helicopter

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 Rooivalk attack helicopter. It expects to start operations with five of the helicopter in April.

By David Donald • Contributor - UK

October 1, 2010

Last week Denel Aviation delivered the first fully upgraded Rooivalk back to the South African Air Force (SAAF). After testing, the indigenous attack helicopter will finally get its type certificate and be inducted into the SAAF as the Rooivalk Mk 1. The SAAF’s No. 16 Squadron has been semi-operational on the type for a number of years, but the fleet has suffered problems. In November last year the squadron was grounded as Denel ceased engineering support on the order of the air force.

However, development work continued to produce the Block 1F version, which flew for the first time in February. Block 1F incorporates numerous modifications, including a new nav/comm suite, improved accuracy for the 20-mm cannon and 70-mm rocket armament, enhanced human-machine interface and environmental control system, plus dynamic improvements to increase mean times between failures (MTBF).

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