Main headlines from this issue

India’s DPP 2009 shifts technology burden to beneficiaries

India’s MoD has added a new provision to its procurement procedure, allowing the Request for Proposal (RfP) to be issued to Indian companies. The companies must have the financial and technical ability to absorb technology and undertake indigenous manufacture.

Blenheim: “We are raising the bar on offset service providers”

The Blenheim group of companies, which established its reputation through offset-structured financial solutions in the Middle East, has expanded further with the creation of two new wholly-owned subsidiaries.....

South Africa faces arms purchase scandal, risking $1bn of industrial participation

If South Africa cancels the A400M contract, the country risks losing the 2.9bn rand it has already invested in the project and a further 8bn rand ($1bn) pledged in industrial participation packages.
 

Nedbank to provide commodities trade financing in Southern Africa

More than one global bank has withdrawn from the commodity finance market in Sub-Saharan Africa in the last few months, preferring to refocus their efforts on domestic markets. Nedbank Capital is looking to fill the void......

South Korea responds to loss of UAE contract – with a trade centre

The centre will provide assistance to the defence industry regarding government-to-government contracts, offset programmes and industrial cooperation plans in weapon sales overseas.