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11 April 2016


Mr Abrie van der Walt (third from right), CEO of Denel OTR, with the winners of the CEO Award of Excellence - the Defence Day 2015 Team.

At the annual Denel Overberg Test Range (Denel OTR) Management Awards function held at the Test Range on 26 February 2016 the recipients of the CEO Award of Excellence was the Defence Day Team, which received the award for their passion, enthusiasm, team spirit and excellent performance when Denel co-hosted the event with Rheinmetall Denel Munitions.

The Defence Day event, one of the world’s largest live-firing demonstrations, was held at Denel OTR in April last year, as a showcase for the capabilities, facilities and infrastructure of the Test Range alongside the unique beauty of the Overberg region. Defence Day 2015 brought together manufacturers, military decision-makers and industry analysts to observe the performance of various weapon systems, and was the first event of its magnitude and complexity to be hosted by the Denel Overberg Test Range.

The Denel OTR Management Awards are held every year to recognise and celebrate employees of the Test Range for outstanding achievements during the past year. The highest awards bestowed by management were categorised according to the Denel Group’s Values, which are Performance, Integrity, Innovation, Caring, Accountability and the CEO Award of Excellence.

Stephen Marchant received the Performance award for outstanding work ethic, his ability to encourage employee engagement and ensuring optimal functioning of the Software Development Section. In the Integrity award category Kim Meyer received the award for exhibiting honest, truthful and ethical behaviour by pointing out irregularities regarding overtime from which she would have benefited.

The Mobile Flight Termination System Team received the Innovation award for developing a mobile Flight Termination System (FTS) in an innovative manner and showing outstanding technical excellence. After a request by an international client to provide a proof of concept for a mobile FTS for a proposed test outside South Africa, the team innovatively designed and constructed a proof of concept model from existing spares. The outcome was a fully redundant system consisting of two exciter encoders, two power amplifiers, one arbitrator and one antenna. 

The Caring award went to the Arniston Boats Salvaging Team for displaying special care for the Arniston community by salvaging the Agulhas and remains of Mrs-H boats.

The final award in the Values category went to the December Services Standby Team. The team received the Accountability award for taking exceptional pride and responsibility in rendering maintenance services at The Dunes at Arniston during December 2015.

“I believe the CEO Award of Excellence went to the Defence Day team as the team that created a spirit of togetherness during the event; which demonstrated that if you put your mind to something, anything is possible. Everything was done with enthusiasm and passion with one goal in mind – to deliver a successful event of which the Test Range and the entire Denel Group can be proud of,” says the Denel OTR Chief Executive Officer, Abrie van der Walt. ”All the Denel values, namely Performance, Integrity, Innovation, Caring and Accountability were truly demonstrated in that single event,” he added.

By hosting an international event of the stature of Defence Day 2015, Denel OTR reconfirmed its reputation as a world-class testing facility. Kobus Hamman, Gerrie Ferreira, Hendrik van Aardt, Grant Frans, Sais Witbooi and Clint August represented every one of the Test Range employees when they received this award.



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