By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI — Finmeccanica subsidiary WASS is set to win a $300 million tender to supply advanced Black Shark torpedoes for Indian submarines, Indian Defence Ministry sources said.
Allegations by Atlas Elektronik of Germany that the contest had been rigged to favor WASS have been rejected after careful study, ministry sources said, and the procurement is ready for the final phase of contract negotiations.
Atlas had charged that the procurement process was not transparent, and that some aspects of the user requirements, especially pertaining to integrating the interface of the torpedo with the Scorpene submarine, were tailor-made for WASS, a ministry source said. The Italian company has a collaboration with DCNS, which builds the Scorpenes.
WASS officials declined to comment.
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