Sandock-Austral is defunct defence contractor of South Africa. It was formed through the 1971 merger of the Austral armaments company and Sandock Ltd dockyards, as a subsidiary of the Gencor mining group.
The company was absorbed into Land Systems OMC, part of BAE Systems.
Sandock-Austral has developed a number of notable products, such as:
It was also responsible for the construction of the SAS Drakensberg, South Africa's most sophisticated indigenous warship.
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