Pakistan has placed a formal offset regulation on the online portal of the Directorate General for Defence Purchase. The regulation states that offset is mandatory for defence procurements over $15m but the effective date of the policy is left blank….. “There is a lot of confusion about the policy.”
Two years after a new drive to its procurement system the Canadian federal government is officially stuck, says David Perry, the senior analyst and a Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. “Nothing has been delivered yet, which is ridiculous,” he says…. “Value propositions remain just an idea”.
The Indian Navy has expressed interest in purchasing six US-2 amphibious aircraft. ShinMaywa Industries, the Japanese equipment manufacturer that produces them, has offered to set up plants in India to help cater to international demand.
Brazil’s Finance Ministry has published a draft bill for partnerships between Brazilian public entities and the private sector for the implementation of strategic projects of national significance. The bill, when approved, will create a programme called ‘PPP Mais.’
The Brazilian Air Force has acknowledged that by 2022 more than 350 Brazilians will work on the Gripen NG project in Sweden.