Main headlines from this issue

Offset frustrations in Taiwan set to continue as new president takes over

Defence contractors with obligations in Taiwan continue to be deeply frustrated with the difficulties they say they encounter while implementing the industrial cooperation programme. Obligors complain of a lack of administrative clarity…….. The Industrial Development Bureau rejects accusations of political influence and retorts that.....

India ends uncertainty over the national offset policy: “It’s gone!”

India has scrapped plans for a national offset policy. A government official told the local media: “We realized that all departments have different requirements, and having a one-size-fits-all policy may not be prudent.”

Transparency International's 2015 report takes a selective look at offsets – omits Malaysia, includes Scandinavia

Transparency International's Government Defence Index for 2015 has focused selectively on the offset policies of several countries, omitting a number of countries with poor reputations.

Poland raises the temperature with Airbus and concedes it could face claims for damages

Poland’s deputy minister of defence, Bartosz Kownacki, has set Airbus Helicopters a deadline to reach an agreement over industrial offsets for the supply of 50 H225M Caracal helicopters.

Indonesia capitalises on technologies received

PT PAL, Indonesia’s state-owned shipbuilder, is set to deliver the first warship to be exported by the country’s domestic shipbuilding industry, a Strategic Sealift Vessel. The warship was built and developed entirely by PT PAL in collaboration with Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding through a transfer-of-technology mechanism.