Main headlines from this issue

Hello DESO, Goodbye EDA – Dramatic post-election shake-up if Conservatives win UK General Election

In an email to CTO ahead of the May 6 general election, Gerald Howarth, the UK?s Shadow (opposition) Defence Minister, said that a Conservative government would include offset strategy in a major reform of the way the country provides defence capability......

Bulgaria to introduce new guidelines pre-offset credit banking allowed

Bulgaria has decided to allow pre-offset activity, introduce credit banking, scrap all multipliers, and to cap its offset requirements at 100 percent of contract value.

Israeli / Turkish industrial cooperation extends to Colombia

Israel and Turkey are together promoting third-country exports of refurbished M60A1 main battle tanks despite political differences that have threatened the strategic ties between the countries.

Russia secures foothold in Latin America

High level meetings have taken place between Russian government officials and their counterparts from several Latin American countries that will result in compensation (buy-back) structures and other forms of reciprocity.

India: Senior IAF officer calls for national aerospace technology poicy

Indigenisation is not happening fast enough. ACM Barbora believes that the aviation sector is a vital part of India?s economic growth and noted that: ?While China produced an entire Airbus, some of our state-run firms like HAL supply only doors or undercarriage for passenger jets\.

"