Malaysian defence industrialisation through offsets
- 2006
Malaysia's Ministry of Defence seeks to use defence procurement as a lever for industrial and technological advancement operating in harmony with the government. Malaysia's signing of a contract with airbus military for four A400M airlifters in April 2006. Another successful global venture is Eurocopter Malaysia commenced operations in 2002 purchase of six AS 555 SN Fennec helicopters for Malaysian Navy. The offset policy model has been integrated with Malaysia's other planning documents such as vision 2020.