US Firm Guilty of Aiding China's Attack Helicopter

[VersuZ]

BRIDGEPORT -- United Technologies and two of its subsidiaries, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. and Hamilton Sundstrand in Windsor Locks, pleaded guilty Thursday to several federal charges stemming from the sale of engine control software to China that enabled that country to build its first military attack helicopter.
As part of a plea-bargained agreement, UTC, one of the country's major defense contractors and based in Hartford, will pay more than $75 million in fines and penalties, of which $55 million is for 500 additional violations involving another 800 other exports.
The company will pay $35 million over four years but $20 million may be suspended if UTC completes various compliance measures. This includes hiring an independent export compliance monitor and training employees in that area at all of its facilities.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...3317843&rank=7


I belive the companies did get a lot more then they are find for.

[timetraveller]

What is the difference of what they have done and noted established US Internet companies were working in coporation with the Chinese goverment ... to restrict access to various sites ... even the word Ferrari was banned ffs


And and the endless other companies that use Chinese slave labour to maximise profit

[Flagg]

What is the difference of what they have done and noted established US Internet companies were working in coporation with the Chinese goverment ... to restrict access to various sites ... even the word Ferrari was banned ffs


And and the endless other companies that use Chinese slave labour to maximise profit

Maybe political pressure from the Chinese?

Maybe export of internet security and surveillance technology to China is in the best interest of the US(a more totalitartian but stable China)?

There were some articles recently about western civilian intelligence and surveillance technology used by Libya's Waddafi regime to control his population for a bit.....email, internet, mobile phone...pretty interesting open source stuff.

[C.Puffs]

What is the difference of what they have done and noted established US Internet companies were working in coporation with the Chinese goverment ... to restrict access to various sites ... even the word Ferrari was banned ffs


And and the endless other companies that use Chinese slave labour to maximise profit

Helping China improve it's military is VASTLY different than having them make a friggin' iphone.

[Zorro C9]

That's not what he said, Puffs.

There's already a thread on this btw guys.

[Climber]

repost...........

[VersuZ]

sorry.
please delete

[C.Puffs]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...t-helicopters/

Interesting read.