AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2000
NSW: Submarine designer lodges protest
SYDNEY, Dec 29 AAP - The Swedish designer of Australia's $5.1 billion Collins-class
submarines has lodged an official protest claiming the government improperly shared design
secrets with the United States, it was reported today.
Kockums AB has sought the verdict of an arbitrator in its complaint that the Navy sent
one of the submarine propellers to the US for testing, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Submarine propeller technology is a closely guarded secret because it has a major bearing
on submarine noise emission, the paper said.
It said Kockums was also understood to have lodged complaints about the unauthorised
use of a range of other intellectual property in the submarines.
AAP gl/hu
KEYWORD: COLLINS
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