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WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (KUNA) -- A US district court in Hawaii sentenced former
US defense contractor Noshir Gowadia to 32 years in prison on Tuesday for
providing channeling technical military data and classified defense
information to China.
Gowadia, 66, worked as an engineer for private defense firm Northrop
Grumman from 1968 to 1986, was found guilty by a federal jury in August of
five criminal offenses involving his design for the cruise missile exhaust
system, and convicted of unlawfully exporting classified information about the
US B-2 bomber.
"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.
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According to prosecutors, Gowadia traveled to China six times from 2003 to
2005 to provide information to assist China with a cruise missile system by
developing an exhaust nozzle resistant to detection.
When Gowadia was arrested in 2005, he had been paid at least USD 110,000 by
China, the Justice Department said.
Gowadias case comes days after Glenn Duffie Shriver, 29, was sentenced to
four years in prison for conspiring to join the Central Intelligence Agency in
order to provide national defense information to China intelligence officials.
He was charged with one count of conspiracy. (end)
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