26 October 2014
DA Minister of Defence and
Military Veterans David Myanier said the R1 billion plus top-secret Russian spy satellite
development project, that was
thought to have been cancelled following a bungled procurement process by
Defence Intelligence has not been cancelled and is under
construction as of recent.
David Maynier said Project Flute” was thought by many to have been
cancelled following a bungled procurement process by Defence Intelligence.
Maynier
said However, at a Portfolio
Committee on Defence and Military Veterans meeting on 22 October 2014 at
Parliament, Dr Sam Gulube, the Secretary for Defence, confirmed that a
reference in the Special Defence Account Annual Financial Statements for the
Year ended 2014 to a contract that had been cancelled and then reinstated,
referred to a contract for a military satellite.
“The contract, which Dr Sam Gulube confirmed
referred to a contract for a military satellite, was cited in the Special
Defence Account Annual Financial Statements for the Year ended 2014 for
fruitless and wasteful expenditure, totaling R212 749 000 Maynier added.
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