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Anatomy of a blacklist: Singapore Technologies

By Saurabh Joshi

The CAG submitted a report to Parliament last week, that testifies to the acts of omission and commission, based on incompetence, lack of foresight or mala fide intent, that led to the recommendation for the blacklisting of Singapore Technologies, arising from the issue of the supply of carbines to paramilitary forces. »

Six arms firms proposed for MoD blacklist

By Saurabh Joshi

The Indian Defense Minister AK Antony confirmed to Parliament on Tuesday, the recommendation of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the blacklisting of six arms firms by the Ministry of Defense, Singapore Technologies, Israel Military Industries, TS Kissan and Company Private Limited and RK Machine Tools Private Limited, Rheinmetall Air Defence of... »

Army towed guns’ tender jinxed, junked

By Saurabh Joshi

The Indian Army has issued a Request For Information (RFI) for towed artillery guns, effectively canceling the previous process for procurement of these weapons systems, in which BAE Systems was fielding the FH77 B05 against Singapore Technologies (ST) Kinetics' iFH 2000. »

ST Kinetics denies blacklisting

By Saurabh Joshi

The Singapore-based arms firm, which was earlier reported to have been blacklisted has questioned such a description of itself and has offered its books up scrutiny by Indian agencies. »

India allows tainted weapon systems’ trials

By Saurabh Joshi

The Ministry of Defense has allowed user trials of five weapons systems that were held up due to allegations of corruption against two of the vendors involved in the trials, ST Kinetics and Israel Military Industries. »

Graft probe to delay artillery purchase

By Saurabh Joshi

The army chief, General Deepak Kapoor has indicated that the long-pending artillery guns procurement may be further delayed due to the ongoing investigations into the corruption scandal involving former Ordinance Factory Board Director General Sudipta Ghosh. »

MoD blacklists 7 defense vendors

By Saurabh Joshi

The Indian Ministry of Defense has blacklisted seven defense companies for alleged involvement in the deals tainted by corruption discovered with the arrest of the former Director General of Ordinance Factories, Sudipta Ghosh. »

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