The annual report of South Africa’s Denel group states that its Seeker 400 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system has completed its flight test programme and has entered production for “our local customer”.
The South African Air Force has not confirmed that it is re-establishing a UAV capability after having closed down its previous UAV unit, 10 Squadron, which operated Israeli Scout and Denel Seeker UAVs.
It is possible that the local customer for the Seeker 400 is the Defense Intelligence division and that there is still some indecision whether the air force will resume UAV operations on behalf of Defense Intelligence, or whether the latter will choose to establish an operating capability themselves, perhaps contracting Denel Dynamics to actually operate the aircraft.
Source: Jane’s 360