Company A, a company specializing in firearms that has stolen about 10 military secrets for 6 years and used them for business, begins to stretch in earnest when the 6-month sanctions period ends, and the DAPA seems to be arguing with measures that will help Company A in time. It is being directed.
I am worried that the endemic vicious cycle will occur again when corrupt companies take a break under unfair sanctions that restrict participation in government business during leisurely times when there is no government business, and re-open when the short-term sanctions are over.
Moreover, since it appears as if the DAPA is aiding and abetting this, most defense companies that do business properly without stealing secrets collapse.
The DAPA has recently embarked on a process to redefine the method of research and development of a submachine gun for special operations, which was suspended due to company A's corruption.
The business method is changing, and if this happens, the general opinion in the industry is that Company A will again gain an advantage in the submachine gun business for special operations, which was ruined by Company A's corruption.
Company A also participated in the Korea-Poland Defense Industry Cooperation Conference held in Warsaw, Poland yesterday (29th).
It was a national representative at a meeting led by the Defense Agency to discuss export expansion with Poland, a major player in defense exports.
Prior to this, it is known that a high-ranking official at the Defense Agency expressed displeasure at the press report that referred to the case of company A at the beginning of last month and described it as "stealing a pile of confidential firearms for six years."
If the DAPA favors corrupt companies like this, corruption in the defense industry can arise at any time.
Even in order to maintain the momentum of K-Defense exports, the DAPA must be strict against corrupt companies.
Change from R&D to purchasing
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In June 2020, Company A was selected as the preferred bidder for the R&D project for a submachine gun for special operations.
However, a month later, when the Security Support Command searched Company A, military secrets related to submachine guns for special operations, next-generation light machine guns, new machine guns, and sniper rifles poured out from the PCs of executives such as the CEO.
Nevertheless, three months later, the DAPA signed a contract with company A for research and development of a submachine gun for special operations.
The prosecution's investigation was launched, and the DAPA stopped the submachine gun project for special operations only in December of last year.
The unfair sanctions imposed on Company A by the Defense Agency for leaking confidential information began in early June.
It will be over next month.
The DAPA had been putting its hands on resuming the submachine gun business for special operations for nearly a year, but unfortunately, it started moving when the end of company A's unfair sanctions approached.
This month, it issued a bidding notice for the 'special operation submachine gun business analysis' service.
This is a service to redefine the acquisition method during R&D and purchase.
The submachine gun business for special operations was originally R&D, but doing a service that asks "Should I do R&D or purchase?" is interpreted as meaning that I will switch to purchasing.
DAPA spokesman Park Geun-young said at a regular briefing at the Ministry of National Defense yesterday that "the environment has changed and a lot of needs have been raised from the outside, so we are doing (business analysis service) now."
Corruption penalty points applied to company A are fatal in the R&D business, but it is known that the portion is relatively reduced when converted to the purchasing business.
If it becomes a purchasing business, it means that Company A can receive a successful bid stamp by reducing the price.
Regarding the suspicion that he is doing research to switch the business method to purchase for company A as the period of sanctions for unfairness is over, DAPA spokesman Park avoided an immediate answer, saying, "If you keep driving like that, if you misunderstand, I have nothing else to say."
We need to keep a close eye on how the service results come out, and how the DAPA promotes its business.
Participated in the Korea-Poland Conference as a 'national team'
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Yesterday, the Korea-Poland Defense Industry Cooperation Conference was held in Warsaw, Poland.
18 Korean defense companies participated, including company A.
The corruption case in the defense industry made Jangan buzz, and if you are a company that is currently under sanctions, you should be self-respecting, but you are the national representative.
An executive from a domestic defense company dispatched to Warsaw said, "I hear a lot of buzz about Company A's participation in the conference."
Why did you send company A out of many companies?
The Agency for Defense Development said, "The Bangjinhoe (Korea Defense Industry Promotion Association) has received the hopes of companies that want to participate."
However, it is unlikely that the Polish government sent an official letter to the Bangjinhoe to encourage participation.
It turned out that the Polish government requested Korean companies to participate in the Radiation Administration, not the Dust Prevention Association.
Although the selection of participating companies is the responsibility of the Radiation Administration, the Radiation Administration made an excuse for the Dust Prevention Association.
Many point out that the sanctions imposed by the DAPA on company A in the first place are cotton balls.
If the scale of company A's corruption was 5 years of unfair sanctions and cancellation of designation as a defense company, it could have been hit, but it was only 6 months of unfair sanctions.
At least the 6-month sanctions are over, and the DAPA is supporting the splendid return of Company A.
There are numerous defense companies besides company A that the DAPA will help with.
In this way, corruption in the defense industry cannot be eradicated.