The Department of Justice confirms that more charges could be levied against a former Northrop Grumman design engineer who was arrested last year for allegedly selling stealth technology secrets related to the B-2 bomber. Noshir Gowadia, a Maui, Hawaii, resident, who refers to himself as the father of the B-2’s infrared suppression propulsion design, according to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, has been charged with six separate transfers of classified information to foreign governments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Sorenson tells the newspaper that a superseding indictment that will be announced soon will “radically change” the case. More evidence is due from the Air Force and from foreign countries.
As with previous stealth aircraft unveilings, the Air Force’s imagery of the F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter has been doctored to keep adversaries guessing about its true shaping and design philosophy.