Military: FBI Alleges Engineer Passing B-2 Stealth Secrets
Posted at 11-4-2005 at 11:36 PM
An engineer who worked on the
development of the U.S. B-2 bomber has been arrested in Hawaii for allegedly passing secret technology related to the radar-evading plane to three
foreign governments, the FBI said Oct. 28.
Noshir Gowadia was accused of “willfully communicating national defense information to a person not entitled to receive it,” the Federal Bureau of
Investigation said in a statement.
A Pentagon spokesman said he was unaware of the details of the FBI investigation and so could not comment on the extent of the damage that may have
been caused.
”Our modern weapons systems use advance technologies that provide the U.S. military with cutting edge capabilities, and to the extent that information
is shared with inappropriate entities that could be harmful to our national defense,” said Bryan Whitman.
Gowadia was a design engineer with Northrop Corporation from 1968 to 1986, where he worked on the development of the B-2 bomber’s propulsion system,
according to the FBI.
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