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Feb 7, 2019
Canada has modified the mandatory specifications for its next fleet of fighter jets to make it easier for European manufacturers to qualify for the contract. Jeff Waring, director general for...
Feb 7, 2019
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MoND) confirmed that deputy minister Chang Guan-chung is negotiating to establish an early evaluation process for offsets before issuing Letters of Acceptance (LoAs). Taiwanese officials...
Feb 7, 2019
Representatives of the Brazilian Air Force have confirmed that a new unified offset policy under development in the country could still be a year or more away from approval. The...
Feb 7, 2019
South Korea is reworking its offset policy. Foreign contractors will have to source domestically a set ratio of the parts used in the weapons systems purchased. The ratio will be...
Feb 7, 2019
Israel is seeing a boom in civil offset activity. Civil offsets currently account for 76 percent of all offsets by value in the country, and 82 percent of offset fulfilment....
Feb 7, 2019
The Netherlands and the EC have been holding discussions to resolve a dispute over infringement proceedings. The EC launched procedures against the Netherlands last year for imposing what it sees...
Feb 7, 2019
Dr Enrique Navarro dismissed the notion that offsets had fallen out of favour in Europe following the implementation of Directive 2009/81/EC. Member states are towing the EU line on offsets...
Feb 7, 2019
Chantal Dagnaud, chairwoman of the European Club for Countertrade and Offset (ECCO), has presented a draft law governing compensatory measures in international government procurements. The draft, offered to the World...
Feb 6, 2019
Airbus Beijing Engineering Center and AVIC Composite Corp. have signed a cooperation agreement. The companied will jointly conduct R&D on electrically conductive composite materials for application on aircraft. “This year,...
Feb 6, 2019
Lockheed Martin said Belgium’s selection of the F-35 will generate high-quality, long-term jobs for Belgium long into the future. The company is working with dozens of Belgian companies, exploring industrial...