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XXXVII, No 19, Monday 07th October, 2019

UAE: Tawazun touts “seeds” and “project bank” schemes, skimps on the details

Tawazun has executed seven projects since the launch of the new Tawazun Economic Program framework. Ten other project concepts are currently underway. More than 40 representatives from defence OEMs have expressed interest in joining the Sustain and Enhance Emiratisation in Defence and Security (SEEDS) program. The Project Bank initiative is “a forward-looking feature, poised to add tremendous value…”

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XXXVII, No 19, Monday 07th October, 2019

The UK’S DSIEP policy rises from the dead

The UK’s Ministry of Defence is planning to resurrect its “Defence and Security Industrial Engagement Policy” (DSIEP). “It wasn’t exactly robust beforehand,” an executive said. None of the data needed to implement the policy has been collected or monitored properly since 2016.

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XXXVII, No 19, Monday 07th October, 2019

Swiss Federal Council votes in favour of 100 percent fighter offsets

The Swiss Federal Council has voted in favour of applying a 100 percent offset quota to the country’s forthcoming procurement of fighter jets. The Security Policy Committee in the Council of States, parliament’s upper house, had asked parliament to oppose a planned reduction of the offset quota to 60 percent and disqualify commercial offsets.

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XXXVII, No 19, Monday 07th October, 2019

Czech Republic to re-introduce industrial participation

The Czech MoD is working on a new approach to industrial participation. The country intends to amend legislation to make state-owned companies in the defence sector more eligible to receive projects.

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XXXVII, No 19, Monday 07th October, 2019

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