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" In 2008-2009: Involvement in AugustaWestland: As recent media headlines indicate, the Ex-Chief of the IAF SP Tyagi, was arrested by the CBI in the AugustaWestland Chopper Scam. Many questions continue to remain unanswered.
As defence secretary, Mr. Vijay Singh was a key official involved in the award of the Rs. 3600 Cr+ VVIP helicopter contract to AugustaWestland in 2010. It is a matter of public record that the government had to cancel the contract, dubbed "Choppergate" by by the media, due to charges of corruption and graft.
In 2010: Mr. Ratan Tata had set up a JV with Italy-based Finmeccanica SpA's helicopter unit AgustaWestland, called Indian Rotor Craft (IRL) to manufacture AW119 utility helicopters. Media reports indicate that the assembly line envisaged in this JV would address part of Finmeccanica's offset obligation arising from the sale of the now cancelled VVIP helicopters
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