According to the FBI, this is the sequence of events related to the sale of microprocessors for Tejas:

• Dec 12, 2003: ADE makes a request for price quotation for 500 i960 processors to Cirrus Singapore.

• April 8: ADE “executed the purchase order for Cirrus to acquire 500 i960 processors for use in Tejas Light Combat Aircraft”.

• Sept 29: Sudarshan travelled to Newburyport to meet the vendor and “discuss an upcoming visit to the vendor with co-conspirator A (reference used for the Indian embassy official)”, during which the official will “observe testing of the microprocessors”.

• January 28, 2004: Sudarshan sent an e-mail to the Indian embassy official confirming the visit.

• February 15-20: Embassy official visits the vendor with Sudarshan and observes testing of the microprocessors.

Sudarshan, the FBI alleges, “falsely assured representatives of the vendor that i960 microprocessors were going to remain in Singapore for use in a joint Government of India project with Lockheed Martin”.

Any sale for defence purposes to entities like ADE, the FBI states, is covered by the US Arms Export Control Act and requires a license. This, they argue, explains the “false” story of a project with Lockheed Martin.

According to the indictment, about a year after the visit by the Indian embassy official, Sudarshan had a telephone conversation with the ADE official in India. They discussed the “upcoming trip” of the official to witness testing of the microprocessors at the same location.

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