Discuss Pratt and Whitney plead guilty for exporting ITAR sensitive technologies to China in The Intelligence Cell on The Army Rumour Service; Pay $75M in fines. Getting off a bit cheap there, huh?
Basically supplied software and engines to Chinese Z-10 attack helicopter program - under the pretense that they were for civilian use, while they knew ...
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Pratt and Whitney plead guilty for exporting ITAR sensitive technologies to China
Pay $75M in fines. Getting off a bit cheap there, huh?
Basically supplied software and engines to Chinese Z-10 attack helicopter program - under the pretense that they were for civilian use, while they knew all along it was actually for military use. Greed is good.
Full details:According to court documents, PWC’s illegal conduct was driven by profit. PWC anticipated that its work on the Z-10 military attack helicopter in China would open the door to a far more lucrative civilian helicopter market in China, which according to PWC estimates, was potentially worth as much as $2 billion to PWC.
USDOJ: United Technologies Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges for Helping China Develop New Attack Helicopter
In case anyone wants to know what the Z-10 looks like:
- 04-07-2012, 21:08 #2
OFFS! The clue is in the name...Pratt!
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