Focus on aerospace partnerships


http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=87875

THE South African Department of Science and Technology will continue to ensuring that South African companies supply global aerospace companies like Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Airbus, Embraer and Snecma.with components, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said yesterday. The emphasis has been placed on developing key competencies where South African companies can become part of the global supply chain of the major first- and second- tier aerospace companies.

The country has expertise in areas of airframe manufacture, engine components, systems development and the integration of fixed and rotor-blade aircraft, advanced weapons systems and research into fossil fuels for aerospace propulsion.

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