{{Short description|South African weapons manufacturer}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = Denel Dynamics | logo = DENEL LOGO.jpg | type = Division of proprietary limited company | founded = 1991 | hq_location = [[Centurion, Gauteng]], South Africa | key_people = | area_served = World-wide | industry = [[Armaments|weapons]] [[New product development|development]] and [[manufacturing]] | products = Missiles, ATGMs, Bombs, [[Glide bomb]]s, [[Unmanned Aerial Vehicles]] | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = [[Denel]] SOC Ltd (100% [[state-owned company|state-owned]]) | subsidiaries = | website = [http://www.deneldynamics.co.za DenelDynamics.co.za] | footnotes = Previously Kentron, a division of [[Denel]] (Pty) Ltd }} '''Denel Dynamics''', formerly '''Kentron''', is a [[Division (organisation)|division]] of [[Denel]] SOC Ltd, a [[South Africa]]n [[armaments]] [[new product development|development]] and manufacturing company wholly owned by the [[South Africa]]n [[Government]]. It underwent a name change from Kentron to Denel Aerospace Systems in early 2004 and later to Denel Dynamics. Denel Dynamics is located in [[Centurion, Gauteng|Centurion]], South Africa.

==Key products==

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Category !!Type !!Name |- |colspan=2 rowspan=5| [[Unmanned Aerial Vehicles]] (UAV) |- | [[Denel Dynamics Hungwe|''Hungwe'']] - Tactical [[Aerial Reconnaissance]] |- | [[Denel Dynamics Seeker|''Seeker'']] - Tactical [[Aerial Reconnaissance]] |- | [[Denel Dynamics Bateleur|''Bateleur'']] - MALE [[Aerial Reconnaissance]] |- | [[Denel Dynamics Skua|''Skua'']] - Target Drone |- |rowspan=8| [[Guided Missile]]s |- |rowspan=3| [[Air-to-air missile|Air-to-air]] |- | [[A-Darter (missile)|''A-Darter'']] – short range [[infrared homing]] |- | [[R-Darter (missile)|''R-Darter'']] – radar-guided [[beyond-visual-range missile]] (BVR) |- |rowspan=3| [[Air-to-surface missile|Air-to-surface]] |- | ''[[MUPSOW]]'' – multipurpose stand-off weapon [[air-launched cruise missile]] |- | ''[[Torgos Cruise Missile|TORGOS]]'' – (cruise missile) [[air-launched cruise missile]] |- | [[Surface-to-air missile|Surface-to-air]] | [[Umkhonto missile|''Umkhonto'']] – multi-range [[infrared homing]] missile series |- |rowspan=3 colspan=2| [[Anti-tank guided missile]] |- | ''[[Mokopa]]'' – long-range [[Laser-guided bomb|laser-guided anti-tank missile]] |- | ''[[ZT3 Ingwe]]'' – multi-role laser-guided anti-tank missile |- |rowspan=3 colspan=2| [[Guided bomb|Guided bombs]] | |- | ''[[Denel Raptor|Raptor]]'' – precision-guided [[glide bomb]] series |- | ''[[Denel Dynamics Umbani|Umbani]]'' [[GPS]]/INS guidance kit for Mk.82, Mk.83 and Mk.84 [[bomb]]s |- | colspan=2|Seekers | Brazilian [[Mectron MAA-1 Piranha|MAA-1 Piranha]] |- |rowspan=3 colspan=2|Weapons management systems |- | ''Arachnida-1/2'' weapons management system |- |}

Kentron developed the ARD-10 loitering drone for the [[South African Defence Force]] in the 1980s, however with the end of the [[South African Border War]]s it did not enter service. Kentron sold the designs to [[Israel Aerospace Industries]] which used them to develop the [[IAI Harpy]] which was first tested in 1989. The designs were sold to [[Iran Aviation Industries Organization]] in 2004/5 and used by [[Shahed Aviation Industries]] to develop the [[Shahed 131]] and [[Shahed 136]] drones.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Air Forces Monthly|title=South African heritage|date=December 2022|page=23}}</ref>

==UN arms embargo violation== {{main|Coventry Four}} Four South Africans working for Kentron were arrested in March 1984 in [[Coventry]] and charged with violation of the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 418|UN arms embargo]] &ndash; which outlawed the export of arms and military equipment to [[History of South Africa in the apartheid era|apartheid South Africa]].

The Coventry Four were granted [[bail]] against a deposit of £200,000 and a guarantee by a diplomat from the South African embassy who waived his [[diplomatic immunity]]. They were allowed to return to South Africa on condition that they appeared at their trial in England in August 1984. In the event, South African foreign minister, [[Pik Botha]], refused to allow them to return for their trial.

==See also== * [[Armscor (South Africa)]] * [[Military of South Africa]] * [[Military history of South Africa]] * [[South African Air Force]] * [[List of aircraft of the South African Air Force]] * [[Advena]] (formerly Kentron Circle)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.deneldynamics.co.za/ Denel Dynamics Official Site]

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