Project APEX-7
South Asia | 2023—2024 | Disclosed
Secure communications infrastructure with 40% offset discharge
Released in expanded form with the consent of the parties. Figures are illustrative and rounded; no classified or export-controlled detail is disclosed.
- End user
- National Ministry of Defence, South Asia
- Capability
- Encrypted tactical communications, 3 regional nodes
- Contract window
- 18 months, award to formal acceptance
- Offset obligation
- 40% of contract value, discharged in full
- Licensing
- TAA plus two hardware authorisations, sequenced
The requirement was for encrypted tactical communications across three regional command nodes, replacing an ageing analogue network with no interoperability between districts. The buyer set an eighteen-month window from award to formal acceptance and a 40% offset obligation.
Keystone's role was structural rather than technical. We established export-control jurisdiction at the outset, sequenced a technical assistance agreement ahead of the two hardware authorisations, and modelled the offset obligation before the bid was submitted rather than after award.
Offset discharge combined a local supplier development programme, an engineering training partnership with a national university, and in-country final integration. Multipliers applied to the training and research elements reduced the effective cost of the obligation by roughly a third against the buyer's nominal figure.
The programme reached formal acceptance inside the stated window. Offset discharge was documented and evidenced to the offset authority, and through-life support transferred to a local partner at handover.