US Howitzer field trial report leaked, Army seizes computers in probe

( Indian Express) : In what the Army suspects is a case of “commercial espionage,” pages have been leaked from the classified report of the just-concluded field trial of the M777 ultra-light Howitzer that from the United States this year. The Army Headquarters has ordered the Director General Military Intelligence (DGMI) to conduct an inquiry.
The acquisition, through the government-to- government foreign military sales route, is worth over $ 647 million for 10 regiments (160) guns. And is meant to equip the Army’s mountain warfare divisions.
Sources told The Indian Express that two computers in the office of Commander, Artillery Brigade, in Sikkim, and another computer hard drive in an artillery unit in Gurgaon have been seized by the Military Intelligence for forensic tests in order to “pin-point the leaks.”
These units were involved in the M 777 field trial which was completed in December 2010. The report was finalised last month.