How a defense requirement becomes a signed contract, step by step
A weapons tender is not a form to fill in but a pipeline with six gates, and most failures happen long before anyone sees a proposal.
Procurement
Procurement follows military purchasing from requirement through contract award to delivery, including bid evaluation, offset packages, financing, unit cost and schedule performance. Articles quote tender documents and audit findings rather than ministry summaries. Useful for suppliers, defense attaches, budget analysts and journalists tracking how a country spends equipment money.
Arms tenders followed from requirement to delivery: bid evaluation, offset obligations, unit pricing, schedule slippage and the politics inside an award.