New public procurement regulations have come into force in Argentina for both commercial and defence procurement. The regulations establish a preference for bids that include locally made goods and allow credit banking for over-performance. Pre-existing defence procurement regulations, however, have not been explicitly overruled...
Terry Crawford-Browne, a South African anti-corruption crusader, has called on the country’s new “Commission of Inquiry into State Capture” to release documents related to alleged offset corruption under the 1999 “Strategic Defence Package.”
Israeli and Filipino business groups and companies have signed multiple industrial participation and technology transfer agreements following a visit to Jerusalem by president Rodrigo Duterte. Mr Duterte threatened to personally intervene if Israeli businesses experienced corruption while operating in his country.
Israel Aerospace Industries has announced that it has relocated the production of Arrow Weapon System (AWS) anti-ballistic missile canisters to the U.S.. The missile canisters are now being produced by Mississippi-based subsidiary Stark Aerospace, with IAI confirming that it has received its first deliveries.
The Indian MoD has rejected a request by the Russian government to partner with the Adani Group in the manufacture of AK-103 rifles. India is currently negotiating a Rs 3,000 crore ($551m) procurement of 600,000 AK-103 rifles from Kalashnikov Concern.