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Michael DeKort
Michael DeKort was a Lockheed Martin project manager who posted a whistleblowing video on Youtube.com after he objected to what he felt were failure to meet contractual requirements of C4I systems onboard United States Coast Guard’s 123 Coast Guard Cutter, manufactured for the Deepwater program. Before speaking publically through his YouTube video, DeKort brought these issues to the attention of immediate management and then to higher up executives, including the CEO of Lockheed Martin and the Board of Directors. After his pressing concerns were continually ignored for two years, he was discharged from Lockheed Martin and as a result, DeKort went public with his YouTube account in 2006. DeKort’s video gained a wide amount of exposure and it eventually led to a congressional hearing on the entire Deepwater project. As a result, the boats were taken out of service, engineer changes were made, and a settlement was reached regarding the electronic issues. The U.S. Coast Guard took over the program and the DOJ is aggressively pursuing the contractors responsible for the buckled hulls. In 2008, DeKort received the Carl Barus Award for Outstanding Service in the Public Interest.
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Carscoops
August 8, 2017
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The Conversation US
July 26, 2017
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InsideEVs
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Teslarati
June 26, 2017
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CFO
June 19, 2017
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ValueWalk
April 25, 2017
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The Nation.
July 29, 2013
Soon, though, the lead engineer, Michael DeKort, discovered that there were environmental concerns with much of the ship's equipment, including radios that were not waterproof and hulls that buckled on the high seas. He tried to persuade his superiors to address the problems, but they weren't interested.
Washington Technology
December 2, 2010
Former Deepwater engineer-turned-whistle-blower Michael DeKort has settled his False Claims Act lawsuit against Lockheed Martin Corp. for an unspecified sum of money, DeKort and Lockheed Martin announced today. However, DeKort said he is continuing to pursue the lawsuit against the otherÃâà...
Wired News
February 1, 2008
Two years ago ex-Lockheed Martin engineer Michael DeKort, in a bout of frustration, posted a video on Youtube accusing his former employer of cutting corners on the electronics suites for 123-foot patrol boats for the Coast Guard — allegations that have since been proved by leaked Coast GuardÃâà...
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