3 The DCNS and Navantia are technology providers in the Scorpene program. Top sources in the Indian establishment have informed INDIA TODAY that they learnt the matter from the Australian press reports. What makes this significant is that DCNS while replying to the Australian press tried to reassure, saying the leak which hit the Scorpene program would not recur in the Australian submarine contract it has recently secured. A spokesperson for DCNS India was approached for a comment but there was none provided till the time this article was written. - Writer is a senior special correspondent with India Today TV and tweets @JRPURALSO READ:Over 20,000 pages of classified data on India's Scorpene submarine leaked, says reportExclusive: Handicapped by red tape, Indian Navy to fit old weapons on brand new submarine

Source: India Today August 24, 2016 07:41 UTC