March 11, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Well, as you know due to the corrupt AW-101 deal with India, Finmeccania, Augusta Weyland and all other subsidiaries will probably get blacklisted.
What would the effect be of this on the Indian armed forces?
I am guessing that the following imports would get canceled/modified:
– AW-101
– Black shark torpedoes
– Oto Melara naval guns ???
– LUH deal (Fennec related to Finmeccania?)
– current army guns tender
– Mig-29 UPG deal (arent the EW AESA sensors from an Italian company ? )
There must be more that I have forgotten / dont know of.
Here is an article on Blacksharks torpedo deal of $1 billion (potentially increasing to over $3 billion).
http://ajaishukla.blogspot.in/2012/10/murky-helicopter-deal-shadow-on-billion.html
India’s order is make-or-break for the world’s two big builders of electrical torpedoes — WASS and German company, Atlas Electroniks. “This potential Indian order is crucial for the future of the heavyweight electrical torpedo industry. It is larger than all the other international orders combined,” says an expert on the global naval weapons trade.