New Delhi, July 14: With the CBI recommending a fresh list of defence firms for blacklisting due to their names figuring in corruption cases, the Army’s towed guns trials now stand indefinitely postponed for the third time since 2002.
“The towed guns trial that were to happen this month will not happen immediately. It could take a few more months,” Defence Ministry officials said here today.
Singapore Technology Kinetics, an artillery guns manufacturer, has been named in the list of defence firms sent by CBI to Defence Ministry for blacklisting due to their alleged involvement in corruption cases against former Ordnance Factory Board chief Sudipto Ghosh.
The Singapore firm was competing in the towed guns trials of the Army against UK firm BAE Systems.
The Army had projected a requirement of 1,180 155mm/52 calibre towed guns about a decade ago to replace the ageing Bofors guns
–Agencies