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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Construction of Scorpene submarines on target: Thales

Construction of the French-Spanish Scorpene submarines in India is proceeding on target, an official of French military major Thales said, even as he welcomed a court order to probe allegations of wrongdoing in the 2.4-billion euro deal.

“The project is on track. For a project of this magnitude, it is going extremely well,” the official said belying reports that the construction of six Scorpene submarines at Mumbai’s Mazagon Dockyard had been delayed.

In fact, the company is expecting an Indian navy tender later this year for the second batch of six submarines.

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