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Noshir Gowadia is a Mumbai-born aerospace engineer who was jailed for 30 years after being caught leaking B-2 stealth bomber secrets; find out more about him below.
Noshir was once hailed as a pioneer behind America’s B-2 stealth bomber but ultimately betrayed the country he helped defend.
Who is Noshir Gowadia, Indian engineer who leaked B-2 stealth bomber secrets, biography, age, family, wife, religion, nationality, education and net worth
Mumbai-born engineer Noshir Gowadia helped develop the stealth propulsion system of the U.S. B-2 bomber, now used in strikes on Iranian nuclear sites amid the Iran-Israel conflict.
Once a key defense contributor, he was later jailed for over 30 years for leaking classified data… pic.twitter.com/iYLp4VbkMk
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🚨 Mumbai Engineer Helped China Build Stealth Bomber: Full Story
🔴 Noshir Gowadia, born in Mumbai, was a top propulsion expert on the US B-2 stealth bomber.
🔴 He leaked classified stealth exhaust tech to China between 2003–2005, earning $110,000.
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Gowadia reportedly sold classified U.S. military secrets to China for money, with his story resurfacing recently after China used similar stealth technology in drones.
Noshir Gowadia jailed for 30 years
Back on October 13, 2005, US federal agents arrested Noshir Gowadia at his lavish Maui home for selling America’s stealth bomber technology to China. After years of investigation and a lengthy trial that started in 2010, a jury eventually found him guilty on 14 of the 17 counts. As a result, the court sentenced him to 32 years in a high-security prison in Colorado. Judge Susan Oki Mollway, who presided over the case, stated that Gowadia broke his oath of loyalty and marketed vital military tech for personal gain.
Noshir Gowadia biography and age
Noshir Sheriarji Gowadia is an Indian-origin American engineer who was born on April 11, 1944, in Bombay (now Mumbai). Gowadia grew up in a Parsi family, and he was known for his brilliance from an early age. He reportedly achieved the academic equivalent of a PhD by the young age of 15, and later moved to the United States at age 19. He moved to the US in order to pursue aeronautical engineering and became a U.S. citizen in the year 1969.
The Parsi religion is Zoroastrianism, an ancient monotheistic faith founded in Persia (now Iran) by the prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathushtra).
Education
Noshir Gowadia reportedly studied aeronautical engineering in the U.S. after relocating from India.
Career
Noshir Gowadia reportedly joined Northrop Corporation, where he worked on Project “Blueberry Milkshake”—the B-2 bomber, just one year after becoming a U.S. citizen. As a part of the team, he designed a stealth exhaust system that helped the B-2 become virtually invisible to radar and infrared detection.
He eventually had to leave Northrop in 1986 due to a blood disorder and later launched a consulting firm. However, he had his clearance revoked in 1997, and after falling low on cash, he secretly began selling information. Gowadia secretly began helping Chinese officials in developing stealth missile tech in 2003. He made a total of six covert trips and provided classified knowledge for which he earned $110,000.
Wife and children
Although Noshir Gowadia kept much of his personal life private, he was reportedly married and has a son named Ashton Gowadia. Ashton notably tried defending his father, claiming that the U.S. authorities manipulated the trial.
His son, Ashton Gowadia, continues to maintain his father’s innocence, claiming the FBI withheld key evidence and shaped the narrative during his trial after in 2010, he was convicted on 14 counts and sentenced the following year to 32 years in federal prison. He is now incarcerated at the Florence ADX supermax facility in Colorado.
Gowadia headed a research and development, engineering and consulting company called N.S. Gowadia Inc., which was incorporated in New Mexico and he and his wife were listed as officers for the company.
Gowadia and his wife in June 1999 purchased a two-acre lot on Holokai Road on Maui for $330,000 and in February 2001, they purchased a home in Kihei for $350,000 then sold it in October 2003 for $575,000.
Net worth
Noshir Gowadia reportedly lived in a $3.5 million mansion in Maui during the peak of his career and maintained an affluent lifestyle. While exact figures remain unclear, his net worth likely plummeted after his arrest, trial, and imprisonment.
Investigators had revealed that Gowadia received at least $110,000 over a span of three years in return for leaking the secrets.