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Sven Holfelder has been appointed as Sales and Marketing Executive of Reutech Radar Systems (RRS). He will lead the business development team and his primary objective will be to create value with RRS’ products and competencies in the defence, parastatal and civilian markets. He will also develop a marketing strategy, establish and implement a marketing plan and build profitable customer relationships and sales processes.

Sven started his career at RRS in January 2002 with the role of finalising the proposal and then managing the GBADS programme. Before joining RRS, he was a Programme Manager at ATE. 

Sven’s qualifications include a B Eng (Electronics) degree from the University of Stellenbosch and an MBL (Master of Business Leadership) from UNISA. 

"The current challenging defence market condition is forcing companies to revisit their approach towards maintaining a sustainable business model. This includes an ongoing critical review of product and marketing strategy, as well as focussing attention on key clientele. This necessitated the urgent need for the role of a sales and marketing executive", says CEO Carl Kies.

A wind farm developer aproached Reutech Radar Systems to assist in the study of bird flight paths over a proposed windfarm site. Reutech will supply Spider for this exercise. The proposed site is between the Langebaan Lagoon and Berg River estuary along the Cape West coast in South Africa. Read more

Reutech’s contract for the manufacture of five advanced helicopter control radars, awarded in December 2007, has achieved a significant milestone in the recent successful installation onboard the Royal Norwegian Navy frigate KNM Otto Sverdrup at Haakonsvern Naval Base near Bergen in Norway.

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Long after the presentation of the 2010 Soccer World Cup to the Spaniards, South Africa continues to receive praise from here and abroad for its expert handling of this global showcase. The South African Army’s Air Defence Artillery drew on the ESR 220 Thutlwa’s local warning radars for deployment around the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth and Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium. The results were exceptional.

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Batu Hijau has selected Reutech Mining’s Movement and Surveying Radar (MSR) 300 as their primary monitoring system to provide early warning against potential slope failures.

Batu Hijau is a large open pit copper and gold Mine operated by Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara. The Mine is located 1,530 kilometres (950 miles) east of Jakarta on Sumbawa Island.

The Mine and mineral processing plant at Batu Hijau operate 24 hours a day on 12-hour continuous shifts, 365 days a year. The size and shape of the Batu Hijau ore deposit makes it amenable to open pit mining, using a conventional drill, blast, load and haul mining system. Ore from the pit is crushed and conveyed to the Process Plant where a concentrate is produced, which is subsequently shipped from a purpose built port facility.

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The Cape Garrison Artillery (CGA) and the Air Defence Artillery (ADA) Formation combined forces to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the CGA and the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the ADA Formation.

The formal guest evening was sponsored by Reutech Radar Systems and the event was held at Kelvin Grove, Cape Town. The CGA is an artillery regiment of the South Africa Army and is part of the South Africa Army Artillery Formation.

As part of the celebrations, the Freedom of Entry parade (the largest and most spectacular Freedom of Entry parade ever held in South African) took place in Cape Town on Saturday, August 8, 2009. Over a thousand members of eight prestigious military units took part in the parade, which was hosted by the City of Cape Town.

The RSR 940 Spider, a covert air and sea surface surveillance radar, has been installed in Simonstown to undergo a product evaluation exercise.

Due to a shift to peacekeeping into the African continent, deployment in littoral waters and protection against asymmetric threats have become priorities. The Spider radar system is ideally suited for these needs.

The Spider is capable to detect and track much smaller sea and air targets than current coastal and air surveillance radars in its class. The system is a fully coherent, low cost, light-weight, LPI frequency modulated continuous wave radar. Low transmitted power levels make it ideal for covert operations.  The system is not easily detected by the conventional ESM systems.

The Spider RSR 940 can be transported on a 1 ton pickup truck; with the antenna stowed away to fit in the vehicle envelope. Various system configurations are available. These range from a highly mobile (1 ton truck) setup to permanent installations (RSR 970). The semi-permanent version is container based and can be supplied with mast heights of 5 to 15m above ground level.

Elcome Technologies Pvt. Ltd has been appointed as the distributors of the MSR (Movement & Surveying Radar) range of products in India.

Elcome Technologies is a distributor and systems integrator of products and solutions for customers in the field of positioning, navigation, alignment, measurements and surveying using various technologies such as optical and GPS based equipment, aerial photogrammetry, GIS and mapping, construction and mining machine control, portable coordinate measuring machines (CMM), laser scanning, and weather meteorology. The company is a market leader in India in its targeted application segments.

MALA GeoScience USA, Inc. has been appointed as Reutech Mining’s North American (USA and Canada) distributors of the MSR (Movement & Surveying Radar) range of products.  MALA is the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) systems and software solutions designed to meet the needs of professional geophysicists, geologists, engineers and scientists world-wide.

Mala has an exciting range of products to suit every GPR application and is the world leader in borehole and multi-channel GPR array imaging systems. MALA USA based in Charleston, SC, and plans to expand its operations to the Western US and Canada to provide service centers in support of its collaboration with Reutech Mining.

The four defence companies within the Reutech group of companies have recently joined forces to consolidate and streamline their defence businesses.

The companies, formerly known as RDI Communications, RDL Technologies, Fuchs Electronics and Reutech Radar Systems, have now united under a single brand. RDLTechnologies now operates as Reutech Solutions; Fuchs Electronics as Reutech Precision Products; RDI Communications as Reutech Communications and Reutech Radar Systems remains unchange. Read more

Highlights include:

1. New MSR 300 unveiled
2. MSR paper presented at the ACG
3. MSR protects Andina Mine (Chile)
4. MSR - a growing family

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In response to the increasing demand for lightweight, low cost and easy to operate LPI radar surveillance sensors, RRS intruduced the StealthRad family of radars.

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AngloGold Ashanti has selected the MSR 200 radar system to improve operational safety and risk reduction in their Navachab open-pit mine in Namibia,

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3D Laser Mapping scanning technology can create highly detailed 3D visualisations of the surroundings so that robots can make intelligent decisions in virtual real time.  As a result of a partnership with Reutech Radar Systems, 3D Laser Mapping has supplied the advanced laser scanning system to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa. The system will assist the CSIR with research into intelligent field robotics for studies relating to perception, mobility and navigation.

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The Royal Norwegian Navy recently announced the selection of a South African radar to supplement radar surveillance capabilities aboard their new warships. These radars, to be supplied under an order from the Norwegian Defence Procurement Division (NDPD), are to be applied in support of helicopter operations and other supplementary surveillance roles aboard the new Fridtjof Nansen-Class frigates.

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"The introduction of real-time radar slope monitoring to openpit operations in recent years has been a major advance in managing geotechnical risk." - Sunrise Dam openpit manager Peter Booth.

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Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, a deep open-pit gold mine located in Western Australia, has selected the MSR 200 radar system to improve operational safety and risk reduction in the open-pit mine.

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The MSR 200 was successfully launched in Perth, Australia.  RRS and Rock Engineering Services (Australia) hosted a seminar and practical demonstration of the MSR 200.

The event was well supported by the Australian mining industry and was followed by successful demonstrations at various mines.

RRS is pleased to announce the international launch of the MSR 200. This product is an upgraded version of the MSR 100.

The release of the new product comes as the result of ongoing field trials and interactive analysis of customer needs in the mining industry.

Some of the major improvements include the following:

• The shortcomings of using video equipment (which is not suitable for a 24 hour operation) have been overcome. This is achieved with the introduction of a fully integrated Total Station - a surveying instrument that allows for the accurate integration of slope stability and surveying information with existing mining tools.
• The Total Station is combined with a high accuracy radar system, capable of operation in wind speeds of up to 60 km/h. The 3D radar picture is used to generate a high-resolution synthetic map - allowing user defined pixel sizes as small as 3.9m x 3.9m at a standoff distance of 900m.
• The high-resolution synthetic map allows improved slope movement analysis and alarm functionality - all of which are incorporated in MSR 200.

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3D Laser Mapping, the UK based specialists in laser measurement technology and software, has supplied Anglo Platinum with an advanced solution to improve the safety of operations at the Potgietersrust Platinum Limited Mine in South Africa.

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3D Laser Mapping, the UK based specialists in laser measurement technology and software, has supplied Anglo Platinum with an advanced solution to improve the safety of operations at the Potgietersrust Platinum Limited Mine in South Africa. The 3D Laser Mapping Solution uses laser technology to continuously capture highly accurate slope measurements and a sophisticated software package to automatically analyse the results. The 3D Laser Mapping solution has already reduced the risk of injury to personnel, property and equipment, increased production and delivered real cost savings.

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RRS will be participating in this year’s AAD 2006 exhibition from 20 - 24 September 2006.

Our range of products and services on display will include a model of our Optronics Radar Tracker (RTS 6400).

Please visit us in Hall 7, Air Force Base Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa.

RRS has become the exclusive distributor for 3D Laser Mapping's long range 3D laser scanning and slope monitoring system in Southern Africa.

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At a ceremony on 10 May 2006, the RSR 900 StealthRad™ product range was launched. It is a family of low-cost, lightweight, Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radars using the I/J Band.

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The RTS 6400 Optronics Radar Tracker is now fully commissioned. The Official handing over ceremony and commissioning parade of the SAS Amatola took place in Simonstown, South Africa on 16 February 2006.

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RRS will be exhibiting at the International Symposium on Stability of Rock Slopes in open pit mining. The Movement & Surveying Radar (MSR) will be demonstrated on 6 April. Interested delegates must register for the site visit at www.saimm.co.za

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RRS will be participating in this year’s Defence Services Asia exhibition from 24 – 27 April 2006.

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Successful sea-acceptance trials of the Umkhonto vertical-launch air-defence missiles aboard the service's first frigate were extremely successful.

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RRS has launched a new naval X-band surveillance radar, drawing on its experience of air-defence radars, naval trackers and related systems.

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