Now, if Areva wanted to harm Siemens reputation or make it less attractive to Rosatom, what better way than to demonstrate the unreliability of its controlsystemsoftware?
It also involved the first use of new Advanced Tomahawk Weapon ControlSystemsoftware, which is designed to ease joint missions involving Royal Navy and US Navy vessels.
The independent inquiry board set up to investigate the first explosive failure said the flight controlsystem failed because of errors in computer software design.