Originally posted by Viper52:
Heres a couple of interesting articles about technology
transfer and how Singapore views them.
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The Straits Times, Page H6 - February 26, 2004
[b]Share know-how to secure deals here, says DSTA
By David Boey
DEFENCE companies aiming to land a Singapore contract were told in
no uncertain terms yesterday that their sales pitch had
better include the sharing of defence know-how with
Singapore.
Arms deals with Singapore had stalled when vendors failed
to recognise that the transfer of technology could be a
deal-breaker, said the Defence Science and Technology
Agency (DSTA), the national authority on military technology and
weapons procurements.
Making the point at a two-hour briefing for some 130 defence
companies, Mr Soh Kong Pheng, deputy chief executive (operations)
at DSTA, said: 'Many of our suppliers can't understand, or
underestimate, the importance we place on having technology
transfers... We do this so we can, if we need to, upgrade the
hardware. Suppliers can achieve an important competitive advantage
if they understand this requirement well.'
Citing the ongoing evaluations to find a replacement fighter for
the A-4 Super Skyhawk, he said the new warplanes might need to work
with unmanned vehicles in future and DSTA also needed to
understand how the fighter worked if it were to be
upgraded.
Warplanes being evaluated in the deal, estimated to be worth $2
billion, are Dassault Aviation's Rafale, the Boeing F-15T Strike
Eagle and the Eurofighter Typhoon.
While contractors would not want to give away all their trade
secrets, Mr Soh said 'at the minimum' they should ensure
DSTA can 'upgrade, modify and integrate' the warplanes at
reasonable cost.
Another key concern was maintenance costs. As much as 40 per cent
of the acquisition cost goes to supporting the aircraft through its
20- to 30-year life cycle.
'We need to buy spares, maintenance and support equipment, and so
on. And for readiness reasons, we buy much of these upfront... This
is too costly,' he said.
He suggested that the three warplane makers think up an 'investment
strategy' for maintenance to minimise the upfront
expenditure.[/b]
right ,mr viper only the rafale fit into our demands , they have
offer us to invest in the mk2, n rbe2 radar,n tech transfer, good
for st-engg i think,and whats more the french goverment is
supporting this deal,singapore n france have been met so offen to
discuss military coperation issue,so rafale stand the biggest
chance here,it will be rafale ,it will be rafale. 
