The South African Air Force has awarded Denel Aviation a R390.7 million contract for product support for its fleet of Denel M1 Oryx medium utility helicopters, now thought to number 42.
The type has been in service since May 1989. The deal takes known expenditure on the type to R1.3 billion (R1 298 458 684.74) since 2007.
The Oryx was assembled from kits smuggled into South Africa via Romania and Portugal in violation of a then-mandatory UN arms embargo.
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