Noshir Gowadia, who worked for Northrop Grumman on the B-2 stealth bomber and was arrested on spying charges (DR, 11/01/05), has been indicted by a federal grand jury. The FBI alleges that he sold information during 2002-04. According to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, his family says the charges are based upon “a terrible misunderstanding” about consulting work he did with US allies. According to ABC News, the government believes Gowadia sold information to eight countries, including China.
The Air Force wants to pump more than $12 billion over the next five years into its new affordable long-range missiles program and recently asked industry to push the flights of some of those munitions beyond 1,200 miles.