Rooivalk budget woes
Date: 31 May 2004
The following is an extract from the Defence Ad Hoc Committee Budget Briefing held on 31 May 2004:
Adv H Schmidt (DA) said the Rooivalk helicopter programme had not proceeded fast enough and that it would become difficult to market the programme. Mr Masilela said the Treasury had allocated Rooivalk R200 million for each of the MTEF years, as opposed to higher recommended allocations. The Airforce would complete a feasibility study on Rooivalk. This would be presented to the Minister. Marketing Rooivalk had been difficult because there were no operational aircraft.
