The twenty-first annual report to Congress on the impact of offsets in defence trade suggests that U.S. prime contractors are running rings around the Bureau of Industry and Security. The report says that in 2015, U.S. firms entered into just three new offset agreements with members of the European Defence Agency. The three agreements were valued at $35.5m.....
Korea’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration has taken steps to mend its relationship with obligors by yielding to representations made by the Global Offset and Countertrade Association (GOCA) on behalf of its members.....
India’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has said that the government will finalise its Strategic Partnership model by the end of January. The policy requires the government to select.....
A report notes “with regret” that member states take different approaches when applying Directive 2009/81/EC on defence and security procurement and Directive 2009/43/EC on intra-European Union transfers of defence-related products.
Indonesia’s Defence Industry Policy Committee, known as KKIP, is in conflict. A ministerial overlap has made responsibility for implementing the offset policy unclear. President Joko Widodo has been asked to rule on the matter urgently.