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Engineer jailed for selling US
stealth bomber technology to China
A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer
has been jailed for 32 years by a US court for selling military secrets to
China.
Noshir Gowadia, 66, made profits
of at least USD$110,000 (£68,000) by selling classified engine technology that
China needed for its design of a stealth cruise missile that could evade
infra-red detection, the court heard.
"He broke his oath of
loyalty to this country," said Judge Susan Oki Mollway passing sentence
after a hearing in Honolulu, Hawaii, "He was found guilty of marketing
valuable technology to foreign countries for personal gain." Gowadia, an
engineer with the Northrop Grumman Corporation between 1968-88 who worked on
the B-2 design, made repeated trips to China between 2003 and 2005 providing
"defence services" to China's cruise missile programme as a freelance
consultant.
The prosecution had called on the
judge to impose a life sentence on Gowadia who used the proceeds of the sales
to fund a luxury lifestyle on Hawaii where he lived in a multi-million dollar
home overlooking the ocean on Maui.
Defence lawyers for Gowadia, an
Indian-born engineer who worked on the engine design for the B-2 bomber, had
argued that he had sold only unclassified technology.
However after a 40-day trial, he
was convicted on 14 charges including communicating national defence information
to aid a foreign nation, violating the arms export control act and several
counts of money-laundering and tax fraud.
"He provided some of our
country's most sensitive weapons-related designs to the Chinese government for
money," Assistant Attorney General for National Security David Kris said
in a statement after the trial.
Earlier this month China unveiled
its first ever stealth fighter, the Chengdu J20, which is said to have been
based on technology gleaned partly from parts of a US F-117 stealth fighter
shot down over Serbia in 1999 during the Kosovo conflict.
China, who has promised a
"peaceful rise", is currently investing heavily in upgrading its
armed forces, including stealth technology, aircraft carriers and long-range
missiles, raising concerns in Washington and the Asia-Pacific region.
"We're a little disappointed
(the judge) didn't give him a life sentence, that's the sentence that would've
sent the best message," said assistant US attorney Ken Sorenson said after
the hearing, "But 32 years is stiff and in many ways an appropriate
sentence for him." His son, Ashton Gowadia said after the sentence that
his father intended to appeal against the verdict.
Government sources tell 4Law that Noshir
Gowadia, who helped design the B-2, sold secrets about the bomber for hundreds
of thousands of dollars to eight nations – Germany, Swiss, Israel, including
China.
Update 9/11/06
Noshir S. Gowadia indicted in sale of secrets
4Law
- The six-count indictment issued yesterday against Noshir
S. Gowadia, 61, of Ha'iku, accuses him of "transmitting national defense
information and exporting classified technical data related to defense articles
to foreign persons" on three occasions, according to the U.S. attorney's
office. Three additional counts accuse the former Northrop Corp. design
engineer of violating the Arms Export Control Act. Each of the six counts
carries a 10-year maximum prison sentence and a fine up to $250,000. Gowadia
was an engineer with Northrop Corp. from 1968 to 1986 and was the chief
designer of the B-2's infrared-suppressing propulsion system. The technology
remains classified. On Oct. 23, 2002, Gowadia sent an official of an unnamed
country a fax containing details for the development of top secret infrared
suppression technology for a foreign military aircraft, according to the
indictment. The other two
examples listed in the indictment involve e-mails that Gowadia allegedly sent
Sept. 6, 2004, and Nov. 22, 2004, to foreign business people containing
proposals to develop infrared suppression technology for foreign commercial
aircraft. The e-mails contained information, including PowerPoint
presentations, classified as top secret and secret, according to the
indictment. The e-mails were sent to Germany, Swiss, Israel . He sent all of
these business proposals without "having first obtained a validated
license or written approval from the United States Department of State,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls," according to the indictment.
The
Official Press Release
Former Hawaii engineer
arrested for disclosing national defense secrets related to the B-2 bomber and
sharing classified information with foreign governments. According to 4law
source one foreign country is India.
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U.S. Department of
Justice Federal Bureau of
Investigation |
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October 26, 2005 |
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Charles L. Goodwin, Special Agent
in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at Honolulu, Hawaii,
announced the arrest of Noshir S. Gowadia for violation of Title 18, United
States Code, Section 793(e), "willfully communicating national defense
information to a person not entitled to receive it". Noshir S. Gowadia was an
engineer employed by Northrop Corporation from November 1968 to April 1986.
During this time period, Northrop was involved in the design and manufacture
of the B-2 Spirit Bomber, a highly classified project. During his employment
with Northrop, Gowadia held a position as a design engineer, and worked in
the development of the B-2's propulsion system. Investigation has revealed that
Gowadia, over the last several years, has marketed himself to foreign military
entities and other foreign persons and disclosed United States military
technology secrets related to the B-2 to foreign governments in order to
"assist" them in obtaining a higher level of military technology.
Investigation has also revealed that Gowadia has been rewarded financially
for his efforts. On October 26, 2005, a complaint
affidavit was filed charging Gowadia with a violation of
Section 793(e) for disclosing information related to the national defense to
a person not entitled to receive it. As alleged in the complaint affidavit,
on October 23, 2002, Gowadia faxed a document containing details for
developing infrared technology for a foreign military aircraft to a foreign
official in Country "A". This document, which was a proposal for
infrared suppression, was determined to be classified at the Top Secret level
by the Original Classification Authority of the United States Air Force. Additionally, the complaint
affidavit alleges that Gowadia engaged in other specified
criminal activity, during which he communicated or otherwise delivered
classified government information to foreign governments or their
representatives, specifically to Country "B" and Country
"C". This case is being investigated
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Air Force, Office
of Special Investigations, and the Department of Homeland Security, United
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and is being prosecuted by the
Untied States Attorney's Office and the Counterespionage Section of the
Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. The
investigation is ongoing. A criminal complaint is an accusation, founded upon probable cause determined by a federal judge. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. |
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Assistant U.S. attorney Ken Sorenson, left, and senior trial attorney
and co-counsel Robert Wallace Jr. appeared in federal court in the case against
Noshir Gowadia. (Photo by BRUCE ASATO - honoluluadvertiser.com)
FBI AFFIDAVIT :
USA v. NOSHIR S. GOWADIA
Source Photo
FBI :Noshir S. Gowadia
