Main headlines from this issue

The Directive: EC denies Member States were ambushed – diplomat disagrees

European Commission Defence Expert Burkard Schmitt shrugged off any misgivings he might have felt before facing an audience in Brussels from the National Defence Industry Association (NDIA) of smaller EU Member States, and came out fighting.

Kuwait planning radical policy initiatives to encourage joint ventures

Kuwait’s National Offset Company is planning to end its demand for a liquidated damages bank guarantee. The end of the requirement will not be entirely unconditional however......

French delegation promises investments and technology transfers for Indonesia ahead of formal offset policy

France has expressed interest in expanding investment and technology transfers to aircraft component manufacturers in Indonesia, said Budi Darmadi, Director General for Technology at the Indonesian Ministry of Industry.

FOI study exposes the truth about Singapore – and finds that offsets often lead to technological advances for the seller

FOI, a leading Swedish research institute in the areas of defence and security, has published a study based on four ‘representative’ large Swedish defence export orders.

UAE: “The future is about skills, knowledge and technology”

Saif Al Hajeri says that experience over the last two decades has enabled the OPB to bring ‘a sharper focus’ to the industrial projects and partnerships between government and international suppliers.