Main headlines from this issue

Canada in high spirits over dual focus of Lockheed benefits

The Canadian government’s contract with Lockheed Martin for the supply of seventeen C-130J Hercules aircraft, worth about $1.4bn, imposes on Lockheed two very different sets of obligations...

Poland: Audit team to examine F-16 offsets

Poland’s Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK) is to investigate the completion of the offset obligations connected to the purchase of F-16 fighters.

Greek equation will regulate evaluation procedure

An equation to be used for the evaluation of the best Greek Industrial Participation (GIP), Greek Added
Value (GAV), financing terms, life cycle cost, and offset benefits tendered by prime contractors has been
submitted by the Greek MoD for approval by Parliament...

Czech Republic: Patria offers to undertake Steyr’s offest pledges

Finland’s Patria is prepared both to supply armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to the Czech military and to undertake the offset programmes that were part of the original contract with Steyr, said Filip Rybin, Patria’s representative in the Czech Republic...