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Agacha Technologies
Agusta
AgustaWestland
Airbus (EADS)
Augusta
BAE Systems
Brenco
Brid A Defcon
British Aerospace (later BAE Systems)
Corporation Zashchita ( "Corporation Defence")
DCNS
Defcon s.r.o.
EST Ukraine
Electronique Serge Dassault (ESD)
Embraer
Espace Soft Trading Limited
Etablissement Aboubacar Charfo
Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH
Fake Companies
Ferrostaal
Finmeccanica
Frasim
GEC (Marconi and Yarrow Shipbuilding)
Glenn Defence Marine Asia
HDW
Heckler & Koch
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (currently ThyssenKrupp)
Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Military Industries
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW)
Litton Applied Technologies
Litton Industries
Litton Systems Canada
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Navantia
Odebrecht
Patria
Power-Ti
R.K. Machines Tools Ltd.
Rheinmetall
Rheinmetall Air Defence
Rolls-Royce
Rosoboronexport
SAAB
SABCA
ST Kinetics
STN Atlas
Smith & Weeson
Societé d'Equipements Internationaux
Special Production and Technical Base Zvezdochka
T.S. Kishan and Co. Pte. Ltd.
Tecnometal
Thales
Thomson-CSF
Thyssen-Henschel (now part of Rheinmetall)
ThyssenKrupp
Turbomeca
Ukrspecexport
Buyer Company
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Abu Zaabal Engineering Industries (AZE)
Boeing
The Ordnance Factory
From Year
To Year
9 cases found:
The Greek Submarine Scandal
1998
--
2016
HDW, Ferrostaal, STN Atlas
>>
Greece
Mixed
Trial Closed - Some Convictions
Out of Court Settlement
Glenn Defense Marina Asia and the US 7th Fleet
2004
--
Glenn Defence Marine Asia
>>
United States
Legal Investigation Ongoing
Trial Closed - Some Convictions
Mixed
Fraudulent Contracts for Peter the Great Cruiser Overhaul
2010
--
2016
Special Production and Technical Base Zvezdochka
>>
Russia
Trial Closed - Convictions
Brazil’s Gripen Influence Case
2001
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SAAB
>>
Brazil
Mixed
Legal Investigation Ongoing
Taiwan’s Lafayette Frigate Affair
1991
--
DCNS, Thomson-CSF
>>
Taiwan
Trial Closed - Some Convictions
Unknown
The Pergau Dam ‘Arms for Aid’ Scandal
1988
--
1994
BAE Systems, GEC (Marconi and Yarrow Shipbuilding)
>>
Malaysia
No legal Investigations Begun
German Submarine Sales to Portugal
1997
--
2014
ThyssenKrupp, HDW, Ferrostaal
>>
Portugal
Trial Closed - No Convictions
The Boeing Tanker Case
2000
--
2011
United States
>>
United States
Trial Closed - Some Convictions
Al Yamamah Arms Deals
1985
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British Aerospace (later BAE Systems)
>>
Saudi Arabia
Legal Investigation Closed - No Outcome
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