Who will trust Oz in the future. How can Oz send Kockums'
IP to USA
without Kockums' approval? This is very not
professional.
Anyway, NOT a single Collins class sub of Oz has been declared
FOC.
Dunt tell me FOC or IOC are not welcome anymore.
Have u read USA recent news that JSF FOC is delayed 2 years
more.
It is equal to u complete a army school course without a
passing out parade.
Kockums' largest export success to date, to Australia,
has resulted in significant copyright difficulties. In 1987,
Kockums was granted a contract to supply the Australian Navy with
six Collins-class vessels. Kockums formed the Australian Submarine
Corporation (ASC) with the Australian government and companies to
construct the submarine locally.
When Kockums later became part of HDW, the German company was
interested in acquiring the ASC as well and nearly reached an
agreement with Australian authorities. However, the government
later reversed its position and instead acquired the shares it did
not already own, with the intent of divesting itself from the
company in the future.[12,13]
Given the close U.S.-Australian defense relationship and
Australia's interest in acquiring U.S. technology, however, future
HDW involvement is questionable due to U.S. security concerns. Any
potential involvement by a U.S. company is being carefully followed
by Kockums and HDW in turn, as they are concerned about the
potential leakage of their own sensitive
technologies.[14,15,16]
These concerns are partially based on the discovery that the
Australian government sent Kockums' propellers and designs to the
United States for modification in 1998 and 1999. The shipments only
came to light during Kockums' unsuccessful litigation attempt to
prevent a third propeller from being sent to the United States in
2001.[17,18,19]
http://www.nti.org/db/submarines/sweden/export.html
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