Holding Pattern
A relative of the Army Chief of Staff and a leader of the Democrat Party are involved in a military helicopter procurement project. But the realization of the deal is still up in the air.
March 20, 2007
UNPLEASANT news appears to be heading Army Chief of Staff, General Djoko Santoso’s way. The first is the revelation that Eko Judianto Darmawan, the general’s brother-in-law, is involved in a procurement project to purchase a squadron of Pzl W3A Sokol assault helicopters from PZL Swidnik SA, a military equipment producer from Poland.
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