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SAAB story: Air force’s fighter jet supplier ‘fiddled its tender’

26 April 2019 - 05:58 By Graeme Hosken
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SAAB, which manufactures the SA Air Force's Gripen fighter jets, has been referred to the Competition Commission for cartel conduct over a tender for the air force.
SAAB, which manufactures the SA Air Force's Gripen fighter jets, has been referred to the Competition Commission for cartel conduct over a tender for the air force.
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A leading international defence manufacturing company – fingered by the Competition Commission for collusion and cartel conduct – has been referred for prosecution.

The commission says it has approached the Competition Tribunal over the alleged conduct of Swedish-based SAAB Grintek Defence and SA software company KF Computers with regards to a tender for the support of critical software systems for the air force.

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