He was working as a lead system engineer in 2003 when he noticed that the equipment Lockheed Martin was installing in U.S. Coast Guard vessels as part of the Deepwater program was faulty.

According to DeKort, he alerted the CEO and Board of Directors of Lockheed Martin, but was ignored and removed from his position as project manager.

DeKort felt that the Coast Guard was failing to cooperate adequately with the DHS.

[5] DeKort released a YouTube video on August 3, 2006, detailing the problems with the Deepwater program.

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