Originated from an “Aviation Manpower Supply” contract with the South African Air Force: To support the South African Air Force (SAAF) skills retention challenge (the contracting parties were Government of South Africa and Atlas Aircraft Corporation, then part of Armscor). Atlas became part of the Denel Group with Denel’s establishment in 1992.

DPS (Pty) Ltd was established in 1994 to:

	Redeploy Denel capacity i.e. excess employees into industry.
	Appoint surplus Denel apprentices into local industry.
	Accommodate changes in new Labour Legislation relating to skills supply and contracting between third parties.
	Manage the Aviation Manpower Group skills contract for the SAAF (± 1300 SAAF deployed people).

	Vision Striving to be - “A Professional Skills Solutions Service Provider” In the Aerospace, Defence and High Tech markets.

	Mission Achieving the mission by: Assisting local and international Aerospace, Military and High Tech customers achieve their business goals successfully by providing the following Skills Solutions Services: Sourcing, recruitment, selection and placement of competent people; Engineering Solutions; Retention of skills; Providing productive employees; Training solutions; Cost effective skills solutions; and Cost effective skills solutions; and Outsourced Human Resource Management, administration, payroll services. Growing markets through strategic local and global partnering. Delivering these services in such a way that DPS will become our customer’s “Preferred skills solutions provider”.