Did A Major U.S. Defense Contractor Falsify Its Tests On Submarine Stealth Coating?

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Task & Purpose: Whistleblower accuses largest US military shipbuilder of putting ‘American lives at risk’ by falsifying tests on submarine stealth coating

America's largest military shipbuilding company has been accused of falsifying tests and certifications on stealth coatings of its submarines "that put American lives at risk," according to a complaint filed in federal court last month.

Huntington Ingalls Industries, which spun-off from Northrop Grumman in 2011, "knowingly and/or recklessly" filed falsified records with the Navy claiming it had correctly applied a coating, called a Special Hull Treatment, to Virginia-class attack submarines which would allow the vessels to elude enemy sonar, the Sept. 26 complaint alleges.

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Update: Photos: US Submarine Engineer Warns of ‘Falsified’ Certification for Stealth Coating (Sputnik).

WNU Editor: Huntington Ingalls Industries is America's largest military shipbuilding company. These accusations are very serious, and if true, damaging to both the company and it puts at risk the U.S. submarine fleet.