The UK’s “Defence and Security Industrial Engagement Policy” (DSIEP) has evaporated. Data has not been collected or monitored properly since 2016. Parliament’s defence committee has launched a new inquiry into defence industrial policy, suggesting that the government may re-introduce a formal offset approach after Brexit when the EC defence directive will no longer apply.
New Zealand has revised its government procurement rules ahead of major modernisation plans. The new rules govern the procurement activities of government agencies, including defence, and will become effective October 1st, 2019. Every government procuring agency must now consider and incorporate a new “Broader Outcomes” concept when assessing public value in relation to their procurement activities.
The Omani Authority for Partnership for Development (OAPFD) has been subsumed into a larger authority, the Public Authority for Privatization and Partnership (PAPP), and changed its name. The Partnership for Development program will be renamed “Tawzun”
A plenary meeting of Indonesia’s Defence Industry Policy Committee (KKIP) has called for further development of the local defence industry. The KKIP is the management authority for industrial participation in the defence and security sector. Between 2014 and 2018, the implementation of IDKLO (countertrade, local content, and offset) has reached 74.8 percent of commitment value, “equivalent to $2.46bn.”
Romania has awarded Naval Group a tender for the supply of four Gowind multi-mission corvettes. The ships will be built locally in partnership with the Romanian shipyard Santierul Naval Constanta (SNC) and may include radar from Thales and missiles from MBDA...