Defence, peace, safety and security

Aeronautics engineer's international horizon broadens further CSIR principal engineer (aeronautics), Dr Arnaud Malan, has been appointed to serve on two international committees, adding more feathers in his cap.

From Palmietsfontein to Boeing UK - an aeronautical journey The journey of South African-born aeronautical engineering specialist, Dr Frank Ogilvie, to becoming an aerodynamics icon has been worth every step he took in his career. Today Ogilvie is a principal integrator, flight physics, at Airbus in the United Kingdom. Ogilvie was the speaker at a recent CSIR President's Lecture.

CSIR hosts radar and electronic warfare conference Engineers and other technical experts in the field of radar and electronic warfare (EW) recently converged at the CSIR to probe ways of defeating the "new phantom threat". This year's Radar and EW Knowledge Base annual event - previously know as the Ledger Conference - was hosted by CSIR Defence, Peace, Safety and Security.

Top notch technology for landwards sciences at the CSIR The CSIR's landward sciences team, with the assistance of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) through Armscor, has established a high-end rapid event test measurement and evaluation capability to support blast and protection research.

Radar and electronic warfare stalwart returns More than 20 years ago he worked at the CSIR on 'Fynkyk', the first Ka-band monopulse tracking radar developed in South Africa, and today Professor Jan Corne (JC) Olivier, an Exceptional Professor at the University of Pretoria, has rejoined the same employer, bringing with him a vast experience in digital receiver technology, acquired while working in Canada and in the US in subsequent years.