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Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Cloud over torpedo deal for Scorpene subs

Black Shark torpedoThe procurement of heavyweight torpedoes for the ongoing gigantic Rs 23,562 crore Scorpene submarine project at Mazagon Docks has come under a cloud with a German company levelling allegations of irregularities in the selection process.

The defence ministry, however , contends there was no wrongdoing in the process to select the Black Shark torpedo of Italian firm Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquel (WASS), a subsidiary of the Finmeccanica Group , over the Seahake torpedo of German company Atlas Elektronik Gmbh .

But with the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) conducting its own inquiry and asking the defence ministry to file a report, procurement of the 98 heavyweight torpedoes worth around Rs 1,000 crore has been put on hold for now.

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