steel company Bradken "for decades," supplied substandard steel for the construction of submarines of the U.S. Navy, falsifying the results of the strength tests. This writes the associated Press citing sources in the FBI and the U.S. Department of justice.
"for decades the leading supplier of high-strength steel for submarines of the Navy was supplying poor-quality metal, because one of the employees from the earliest times had falsified the results of laboratory studies exposing sailors at greater risk in the event of collisions or other impacts," reads the message.
"If steel fails, this will lead to catastrophic damage and possible loss of life", - quotes the edition jodie Crawford from the criminal investigation Service, who conducted the investigation.
According to the feds, the company falsified the results of approximately 240 trials in 32 years, sending customers about half of all high-tensile steel with forged certificates.
In the court documents, there are no allegations that any part of the submarines out of service, but the naval forces of the USA have suffered increased maintenance costs, which guaranteed that the submarines will remain seaworthy.
Bradken agreed to pay 10.9 million dollars in the framework of the agreement on deferred prosecution.
Company Bradken – this child company Hitachi Construction Machinery. It produces steel castings that are contractors of the U.S. Navy, Electric Boat and Newport News shipbuilding are used for the hulls of submarines.
