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Key FactsAudit Office warns of H145M delays
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
- According to the confidential report, the H145Ms will initially be delivered in a provisional configuration and can be used only for training.
- Planning and qualification problems with the intended ammunition could, according to the report, delay full operational readiness by several years.
- The Bundeswehr has not tested the intended 20 mm rounds; an initial guided-missile firing test was aborted in May 2025 because of control problems.
- Germany plans to provide NATO with 12 operational combat helicopters by 2029 and 72 in total from 2032; the ministry rejects doubts about meeting the commitments.
“a Zeitenwende in practice”— Defence Minister Boris Pistorius used this phrase at the handover of the first H145M, presenting the project as an example of faster procurement. “Zeitenwende” refers to Germany’s announced turning point in security and defence policy.
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Iran may burn mazut at power plants this winter if energy imports fall short : Iran may burn mazut at power plants this winter if energy imports fall short
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Key FactsSpecial Tribunal voids SAA-Flyfofa lease extension costing R85 million
Sep 19, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: citizen.co.za
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: citizen.co.za
- Judge Chantel Fortuin set aside the board’s decision, enabling the SIU to seek recovery of profits from the R85,340,863 agreement.
- The three-year contract for two B737-300F aircraft was concluded on 3 November 2016; a 36-month extension followed on 1 July 2019.
- The tribunal found the extension unlawful because a procurement process and/or National Treasury approval were missing.
- Flyfofa must provide SIU attorneys, within 30 days of 11 September 2026, a documented account including ZS-TGG’s grounding period.
the tribunal found that SAA’s decision, through its board, to extend the lease without any procurement process and/or approval from the National Treasury for deviation – for 36 months at a total cost of R85 340 863 from 1 July 2019 – was not taken in accordance with a procurement system that was fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective, as required by Section 217(1) of the Constitution.— Selby Makgotho, SIU spokesperson, describing the tribunal’s finding that the decision violated procurement rules.
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