Navy Has ‘Mitigated’ Risk of Suspect Steel From Company in Federal Fraud Case
By: Sam LaGrone
June 19, 2020 11:33 AM
Sailors underway on submarines with steel from a company that pleaded guilty to providing the Navy with fraudulent materials aren’t at risk, the service’s top acquisition official told reporters on Thursday.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition James Geurts said the Navy had evaluated the potential risks for suspect steel that was used to build Navy submarines from a Washington state foundry owned by Bradken, Inc.
“We have done the work to understand any potential risk, and believe we have mitigated any potential risk for our in-service submarines,†Geurts said in response to a question to USNI News.
“It did cost us some time to go do the exploration to make sure that we were comfortable with the safety of our sailors.â€
https://news.usni.org/2020/06/19/navy-has-mitigated-risk-of-suspect-steel-from-company-in-federal-fraud-case
